It's always about beating everyone else...
Why does it seem that whenever someone else comes up with a great idea or product, Microsoft has to come with something to compete with it? and not only that, Microsoft has to destroy their competitor?
Why does it seem like any advances in computer technology has to be associated with how much money you can make from it?
Why is $$$$ (money) ALWAYS a factor?? and a major factor at that??
Is greed good?
When will something be made or invented or created for the greater good and not make greedy people rich???
Why does it seem like any advances in computer technology has to be associated with how much money you can make from it?
Why is $$$$ (money) ALWAYS a factor?? and a major factor at that??
Is greed good?
When will something be made or invented or created for the greater good and not make greedy people rich???
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Originally posted by O-Mac
Why does it seem that whenever someone else comes up with a great idea or product, Microsoft has to come with something to compete with it? and not only that, Microsoft has to destroy their competitor?
Good inventors create
Great inventors steal...or something like that
If you want to see a good example of something close to MS philosiphy, watch the movie Wall Street, pay particular attention to Gorden Geko and his theorys on business and high finance
And oh yea, a choice quote from the movie "Greed IS GOOD" -Gordon Geko-
Greed is good as long as you control it, the minute it controls you, you are screwed.
Originally posted by O-Mac
When will something be made or invented or created for the greater good and not make greedy people rich???
To this point I say ba-humbug
If I put the time and effort into something, take the risk of marketing and selling it, why should I not enjoy the fruits of my labor?
Again Greed is ok and to a certin extent healthy if you can control it, MS seems to have lost control of it.
FYI There are software options for the "greater good" as you call it, it is called Linux and GNU or F/OSS in general. and money is even being made there, ask Novel, IBM, and Redhat.
Originally posted by O-Mac
Why does it seem that whenever someone else comes up with a great idea or product, Microsoft has to come with something to compete with it? and not only that, Microsoft has to destroy their competitor?
If they actually competed by making and selling a better product and turning out a profit, and their competitors went out of business because of that, no problem. What they do in practice is to use their considerable financial reserves to dump the market full of free or near-free crap, one market sector at a time, to smother their competition and prevent them from building the foundation to eventually threaten the Microsoft cashcows Windows and Office. Microsoft loses, but the competitors lose more, and Microsoft can afford it since people keep paying the "Microsoft tax". Microsoft is much like a tobacco company in that the chief product they are selling is lock-in. This is insidious, but in a free world the only thing to do about it is to stop supplying the funds they need for more market disruption - to not buy their products.
Why does it seem like any advances in computer technology has to be associated with how much money you can make from it?
You need money to be able to compare prices. Prices are a gauge of how much people appreciate the technology.
Why is $$$$ (money) ALWAYS a factor?? and a major factor at that??
Because money means security, comfort, living where you want, eating what you want. No one cares about money in itself, only what it can get you. Duh.
Is greed good?
When will something be made or invented or created for the greater good and not make greedy people rich???
All action stems from discontent. If you are content, there's no reason to do anything. It's because of those wants that we are no longer living in a cave but have cars, central heating and food on store shelves. Clearly greed (just another name for want) is good.
The will to serve a "greater good" of your choosing is just another individual want. Feel free to pursue it.
Steal their stuff, run them in to the ground and then buy them out when they are worthless...