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> Is it ethical to flag something because the article is related to a company you don't like I do not think the important topic of Ethics should be brought so
by gbog 13y ago
> Is it ethical to flag something because the article is related to a company you don't like
I do not think the important topic of Ethics should be brought so low as to help us decide on whether to flag or not a link on HN. Let's replace it by "stupid".
Then yes, it is stupid to flag a post just because it relates to a company we do not like.
However, it is not stupid to dislike Microsoft. You might remember Paul Graham's Microsoft is Dead(1): for people a bit older than 20, Microsoft is a company which was very frightening, a company which did really try to kill Internet, and force all our industry into a nightmarish path where we programmers would all be happy slaves.
Just because they have changed the color of their last make-up will not change this, and I would hope Hackers here and there would actually despise more Microsoft and other similarly dangerous companies.
(1) http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
- hrjet 13y agoAnother reason for being wary of Microsoft: Their OSes and applications have an auto-run policy (run stuff automatically when a CD is inserted, or scripts in Excel, etc). It is clearly a way to allow viruses into the system, and then make some money from updates and anti-viruses!
- nekopa 13y agoMaybe my sarcasm detector if off, but aren't windows updates and Microsoft Security Essentials (a pretty good AV from what I hear, I wouldn't know as I run Linux) completely free?
- hrjet 13y agoI don't run Windows either but I read articles in which Microsoft plans to sell their anti-virus service, for example [1]. Moreover, even if these are presently free, in the context of this thread we should consider the experience of users over two decades of history of Windows and Office products! [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/security/microsoft-should-offer-free-antivirus-technology-its-windows-customers http://windowsitpro.com/security/microsoft-should-offer-free...
- nekopa 13y agoI understand being wary of MS, I've used their products since the mid 1980s, (Switched over to Linux for everything but gaming about 10 years ago), but you do realize the article you referenced is from 2003?