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Historically the word "evil" has had a pretty broad meaning. Among tech companies the word has a new and fairly specific sense that follows from Paul Buchheit'
by pg 17y ago
Historically the word "evil" has had a pretty broad meaning. Among tech companies the word has a new and fairly specific sense that follows from Paul Buchheit's slogan "Don't be evil." That's the sense I was using. It has a pretty low bar. It means, roughly, winning by taking advantage of people instead of by doing good work.
- glhaynes 17y agoMaybe Apple succeeds most when they take advantage of people and do good work. :)
- stcredzero 17y agoWhich makes them better loved than Microsoft, which for long stretches got away with taking advantage of people and doing mostly mediocre work.