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Well, I don't pretend to be an angel, but I haven't corrupted officials (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrawrage/2013/03/20/microsoft-whistleblower-allegati

Well, I don't pretend to be an angel, but I haven't corrupted officials (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrawrage/2013/03/20/microsoft-whistleblower-allegations-highlight-global-corruption-risks/#4d3f117c2599 https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrawrage/2013/03/20/micro...), bribed (http://www.tomshardware.fr/articles/pots-de-vin-microsoft,1-45570.html http://www.tomshardware.fr/articles/pots-de-vin-microsoft,1-...), or aided dictators (https://www.salon.com/2011/09/06/wikileaks_microsoft_tunisia https://www.salon.com/2011/09/06/wikileaks_microsoft_tunisia). But I guess it's ok, if you fight Malaria.

hutzlibu 9y ago
Hm, I guess it is hard to do much in a state where bribery is the norm, without doing it by yourself. And aiding a dictator sounds bad, but when "aiding" simply means doing business with him, then you can blame allmost the whole world. As we all are buying things that were at least partly made in dictatorships. And what is the alternative? Not doing business with states who have not our perfectly nice democratic governments? And don't get me wrong, I don't like Microsoft for making exclusive deals with any governments to strenghten their monopoly, but "evil" is something different. Like what I came across yesterday again, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre and the fact, that there was a public outrage in the US, for convincting one of the murderers. And not so much about the massacre or the cover up itself. And that this does not seem to have changed fundamentaly regarding the ongoing drone war, imprisoning innocent people for years in Guantanamo, torturing, massacring etc. etc. So blaming only the rich seems hypocrite to me, when the very normal base of the people don't think or act that nice by themself. As far as I know over 70% consider Snowden to be a traitor ... so what can you expect?

hutzlibu 9y ago

Hm, I guess it is hard to do much in a state where bribery is the norm, without doing it by yourself. And aiding a dictator sounds bad, but when "aiding" simply means doing business with him, then you can blame allmost the whole world. As we all are buying things that were at least partly made in dictatorships. And what is the alternative? Not doing business with states who have not our perfectly nice democratic governments? And don't get me wrong, I don't like Microsoft for making exclusive deals with any governments to strenghten their monopoly, but "evil" is something different. Like what I came across yesterday again, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre and the fact, that there was a public outrage in the US, for convincting one of the murderers. And not so much about the massacre or the cover up itself. And that this does not seem to have changed fundamentaly regarding the ongoing drone war, imprisoning innocent people for years in Guantanamo, torturing, massacring etc. etc. So blaming only the rich seems hypocrite to me, when the very normal base of the people don't think or act that nice by themself. As far as I know over 70% consider Snowden to be a traitor ... so what can you expect?