On Monday 29 Dec 2008 12:06:23 pm Vikram Vincent wrote: > > they exist to make money - they make it by providing a service to > > society. Some companies realise that it is good business to be ethical - > > others dont. But people invest in companies to make money - not to > > promote ethics. > > The characteristic of capital is that it moves in the direction where > it can make profits and most of the times in pursuit of predatory > profits thus leading to monopolies.
nice to see that youngsters still believe in dialectical materialism > Companies need to make profits in order for them to be able to > survive. The question is 'how much profit is reasonable'? huh? > The free software movement has the capacity to create a level playing > field where anybody can compete to provide services and make profits > and create a strong economy. The characteristic of a strong economy is > when jobs are created. More jobs means more people have money to > spend. Meaning they can buy things. Meaning companies can survive. > Free Software also has the capacity to ensure that companies follow > ethics, relative as it may be. huh? I thought free software was something to do with the most efficient way of writing software - never knew it's job was to reform capitalism. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
