Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/743/ http://xkcd.com/743/ In all seriousness, this is a real problem in IT. People see shiny new products, and focus on the shinin

Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/743/ http://xkcd.com/743/ In all seriousness, this is a real problem in IT. People see shiny new products, and focus on the shininess, not the ethics behind it. E.g. reviews of new Android devices that so rarely investigate whether the manufacturer is abiding by the terms of the GPL.