Of course they are doing it to make a profit. That's also why organized crime extorts money from businesses. As you point out, they do this for their own good and not ours.
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 22, 2012, at 16:33 , Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> They're all wanna be evil empires. The new buzzword is "ecosystem" so >> that you have to commit to everything produced or at least controlled >> by one company. Amazon and Google are doing the same thing, and >> Wintel is gearing up for a new run. Of course, that doesn't mean that >> we should all be happy about it. It's just the current level of >> "bastardness". > > Wouldn't that be "the current level of wanting to be profitable enough to > stay in business"? > > I know, we're speaking of the largest and most profitable of companies here. > But modern corporations learned 10-20 years ago you can't stay in business if > you give it away. Once they figured that out, they got greedy with those > profits, collecting the best aftermarket companies and bringing them inside. > Eventually, they saw the light of the product/consumer marriage and even > higher profits, almost guaranteed. They've also learned that no one found any > legal reason they could not pull support as they introduced newer products. > Software that made your hardware obsolete on odd years, hardware that made > your software obsolete during even years. For corporate and educational use, > this just about forces them to replace everything in IT to be able to compete > with the latest WOW stuff. > > But they only do this for your own good. Truth. > > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > THE SENILITY PRAYER : > Grant me the senility to forget the people > I never liked anyway, > The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and > The eyesight to tell the difference. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
