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Ibiquity's "Gag Order" on engineers
"Ibiquity's "Gag Order" on engineers"
This was documented in another thread. I've encountered this before in my career. Usually - it was to protect some "golden boy" - maybe the boss's nephew or something. Anybody daring to demonstrate that golden boy was incompetant was ushered out the door in short order. Or - when golden boy inevitably goofed up - the one who pointed out his mistakes was deemed the one to blame. Other times, a gag order is because there is a lot of money to be made - by somebody powerful. Everybody knows the project will fail, but they are told to keep quiet until somebody has cashed in their stock options and left. I have heard of cases where physical harm was implied to anybody who spoke out too soon. HD radio has all the earmarks of the second scenario. Since there was a gag order - you can bet there are technical issues we haven't even heard about yet. Ibiquity - you can stick a fork in them, they are DONE. At some point, the people in the company with the most to gain financially are going to sell their stock and retire somewhere exotic, out of reach of US law. Their legacy? Broadcast bands in shambles, radio manufacturers with warehouses full of unsold HD radios, stations with an orphan system that is unsupported. Listeners with buzzing in their ears. But - it will have made a few people very rich. Shouldn't we all be happy about that?! http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index....c,79682.0.html |
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