Whether it Micro$osft or Google, This kind of action is unethical. So much so, it is almost childish. That this is good for the stockholders. and therefore is alright. is a terrible excuse.
That is like saying that since the stockholders of 'Acme Insurance Inc.' make more money, it is alright for 'Acme Insurance Inc.' to hold out on paying a claim for as long as possible by convincing the the claimant that the wait is typical and the competition is worse. Regardless of the claimants urgency, the fiscal quarter looks better and therefore the stockholders make more money, so the neglected to the claimant is acceptable and should be (ethically) expected. Before this was discovered, I am sure any M$ higher up would try to convince all that ask that no such misdirection was intentionally supported by his/her company. I am sure they will continue to say similar things. Chris... On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Michael Gorman<[email protected]> wrote: > "Bing is run by a private company and they have the right to do whatever > they please - but so does Google, and they return results that are > critical of them" > David, > I'm not sure what you mean by this? Neither Microsoft or Google are > privately held companies. They are public, hence the ability to buy stock in > them. They should be doing the best they can by the stock holders. > Michael Gorman > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Peter Manis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It took them 15 days to reindex though so I dont think they care much. >> That article came out on the 5th. >> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Also interesting to note that between last night and today, they have >>> somehow all of a sudden indexed some sites that criticize the cost of >>> windows - so the search that is listed in that blog page actually >>> returns results now... maybe publically calling them out on twitter >>> whenever they do something dumb helps? >>> >>> >>> David Kaiser wrote: >>> > NewsFlash: Reports of Microsoft tainting their Bing >>> > <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bing> search results. >>> > >>> > http://advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/bing_search_tainted_by_pro_microsoft_results >>> > >>> > Not that anyone is really surprised. (And yes you could argue that >>> > Bing >>> > is run by a private company and they have the right to do whatever they >>> > please - but so does Google, and they return results that are critical >>> > of them...) >>> > >>> > MSN | Windows Live | Bing | Whatever-they-call-it-next... it's >>> > still the same thing... don't count on the old dog ever learning a >>> > new >>> > trick (like being non-subjective) >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > LinuxUsers mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> >> >> -- >> Peter Manis >> (678) 269-7979 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
