Alvin Lim Liangce wrote:
Besides, what did MS do as a corporation that is morally wrong?
I'm not saying this because I'm a Microsoft fan (gonna delete XP and
install Ubuntu once I'm done with school this year, woohoo!), but
'immoral' is not the right word to describe Microsoft. Monopolistic
and anti-competitive? Maybe. But I will term them 'immoral' only if I
hear about a special Microsoft unit where the employees work on
creating viruses to break down competing products. Microsoft does have
a confidential research unit, so I heard, but I don't think they do
anything like that :) Besides, Bill Gates is the greatest single
philanthropist in the world, so you gotta respect him for that.
The key reason I'm anti-Microsoft is that you gotta spend lotsa money
on a whole office suite, and pay for all their additional
functionalities which I'll probably never need to use in my life, just
to open .doc files, spreadsheets, and presentations. And this is the
key reason I am grateful for OpenOffice :)
Cheers,
Alvin
Whether Microsoft is "immoral" or not is a bit of a grey area, but they
do constantly violate many nations laws of commerce rather than "Play by
the rules" because they can make more money that way, even if they have
to pay fines and court settlements because of their behavior. That
could be considered immoral.
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