[geeks] Flicker users u in arms over MS acquisition...

[Mark]

On 4 Feb 2008, at 19:31, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> On Feb 4, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Brian Dunbar wrote:
>
>>> Microsoft wants to be the sole supplier of computer software  
>>> worldwide.
>>> End of story.
>>>
>>
>> When you put it like that ... well it's rather elegant: a business  
>> doing
>> what it does (maximi$e profit$) the most efficient way it can.
>
> That is not the proper function of business.
>
> Business is merely one tool of many for the operation of a  
> civilization.
>
> A business which focuses only on profit is a broken business.
>
> It's not sustainable to operate that way, and it does a lot of  
> unacceptable damage even if it were.

I know that. You know that. Those big-shots in SUVs still *just don't  
care*. They do their thing, grab their cut, and retire to Hawaii.  
Business in many areas *is* fundamentally broken.

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