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I'm actually quite impressed by that line from Microsoft, it's clear, well thought out, and communicates a simple moral principle that can be used to reason abo
by Traster 7y ago
I'm actually quite impressed by that line from Microsoft, it's clear, well thought out, and communicates a simple moral principle that can be used to reason about their entire policy. It's also quite bold in that it clearly implies that it won't co-operate with non-democratic regimes on projects they think are wrong, which I'm sure is not a zero cost decision.
- praptak 7y agoI see it as one using weasel wording to sound principled while in fact it's not. In particular using "institutions we have elected to do X" instead of just "institutions that do X" steps around the question whether the institutions really do X. Which is, incidentally, the major concern of the opponents.