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[Ville Vainio]

>>>>> "Baumann" == R Baumann <rynt at 9yahoo.com> writes:

    Baumann> <GASP!> M$ sells stuff for money!  Why not?  I like to
    Baumann> eat, you like to eat.  Don't like Microsoft?, sounds like
    Baumann> a personal problem to me.  I don't

I know I'm treading highly flammable waters here, but dislike of a
company is not necessarily a purely personal problem (making the
assumption that ethics means something for the purpose of this
discussion). Making money is not a problem, it's *how* they make the
money (or more correctly, prevent others from making money) that irks
some people, including me.

    Baumann> like everything they do either, but to pay my salary, the
    Baumann> company I work for has to make money, not live on
    Baumann> indignant or righteous attitudes.  I use whatever works
    Baumann> best for the particular customer I have to work with.  If

Yes, we all need to make some concessions to make a living. If you are
paid to sell cigarettes and the alternative is going without a job,
you sell cigarettes. Where people draw the line is determined by their
individual (irrational) hangups like principles and ethics. Still, I
generally try not to ridicule people that have higher moral standards
than me.

Of course an individal developer has very little power to decide these
things in the first place, so no drawing a line is necessary.

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