We don't need unions for programmers... We have it pretty good already. As many others have noted, a union will most likely encourage mediocrity and stop rewarding individuals that excel.

However, we do need more representation at the government level.. i.e., lobbyists. We need to prevent the rampant abuses of the H1-B visa system, and get rid of tax breaks for companies that ship more and more jobs out of the country. I believe wholeheartedly in capitalism, so companies should be free to go after whatever labor pool they think will work best for them. BUT - we should certainly not be rewarding companies with tax breaks for taking jobs away from citizens and shifting them to other countries. If anything, we should be rewarding companies that create jobs in this country.

The corporations have their own lobbyists, and spend millions of dollars each year to ensure that they can treat their employees like crap and hire cheap foreign labor. The employees need their own representation to balance the equation.

If we can steal Darl McBride's credit card #.. then we can max his credit card by buying linux licencese.. at $669 a pop we could max out his credit card easily.... I think that would be more useful than a DOS attack on the shop site..