Roy Schestowitz wrote:
__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:00 \__
nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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You know, I take it for granted that people lie for all kinds of
reasons, love, money, but especially for money. You expect it,
especially when someone is trying to sell you something. But at the
same time you also expect there to be limits to the lying, that beyond
a certain point it just gets too bald-faced for anyone to have the
gall to keep putting up the lie. Then you see something like this...
This says more about the ethos and ethics of Microsoft than any number
of marketing campaigns, but for those of us who've spent a long time
here, it should be no surprise at all, as it aligns so thoroughly with
the behaviour we witness on a day to day basis. There are so many
examples of this ethically-free behaviour, one major example being the
astroturfing which goes on in this very newsgroup. I still have a
deeper concern with how the whole Microsoft breakup was abandoned by the
present US government - again, it seems surprising to me that a
government can so easily interfere with a judiciary which is claimed to
have some degree of independence - clearly, it hasn't got very much
independence.
Only in Soviet a government runs the industry. (yes, it's the Russian
reversal joke)
Years ago, the US system of justice was considered a model for other
governments to mimic. Unfortunately over time, it seem US justice
system have forgotten its primary purpose of providing justice to the
populace. Instead, it seems now to have catered to special interest
groups, corporations and ill consideration for the victimised.
Ironically, I find it more odd that "non-Christian" ethos nations seem
to be more Christian-like in their behaviour of true justice than
"Christian" nations like US. This is considering the crime statistics
and relative freedom people have, likelihood of not getting mugged,
robbed, raped, murdered, walking the streets.
In a similar vein, it is interesting to note that one of the countries
slowest to adopt FOSS and Linux seems to be US. US based companies like
RedHat, IBM, Oracle, HP are leads in the Linux/FOSS movement. Smaller
segments of government, education and industry are employing FOSS and
Linux, but not to the degree outside US.
If trend continues, 10 years from now, US may not be a predominant
deciding factor in world politics and technology.
--
Cheers, Rafael
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