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> This was to make Microsoft money, nothing to 'help programmers'. This is not mutually exclusive. You need money to keep lights and servers ON

• squarefoot 8y ago
  As with every other big corporation, including Apple, Google etc. the problem isn't making money, which is perfectly legit and fine, the problem is the "western" economy system which requires, or even encourages, any rogue behavior aimed at maximizing profits at any cost. A company expecting returns for its investment is a thing, but one who buys startups only to destroy them to stop the development of competing products, or engage in legal battles to eliminate competition, is a totally different thing. Most of us criticize the latter, not the former. Unfortunately there's no legal way to prevent a corporation to become a creature turning anything including its integrity into profits, because being an ass in this context brings money and money buys favorable laws.
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  • fjsolwmv 8y ago
    What does "Western" have to do with anything of this? Should we be "Eastern" like Chinese sweatshops that choke the air with smog? "Middle Eastern" like Qatari slaveowners?
    • oaiey 8y ago
      Let us call it unrestricted capitalism vs. some of the European models where eg the unions/workers have by law one third of the seats in the board.