Re: Boycott Microsoft

Thomas Bregulla <thomas.bregulla@t-mobil.de> wrote in article <355AE992.E97@t-mobil.de>... > Jeremy Crabtree wrote: > > > Interesting...a moral defense for an immoral corporation... > What makes me wonder is that you all say MS is immoral. > MS is just a capitalistic company, right? - You are living > in a capitalistic environment, right? - You feel well with this? The USA is not a pure capitalistic environment. We have a modified capitalism system, wherein the government regulates some aspects of the market. Microsoft is in violation of the laws of the USA. > Good. > > So what are you complaining? - They are just good in being capitalistic. > They maximize and optimize their revenues - so what? They give products away for free to put competitors out of business. That's illegal in the USA. > > Why do you think MS is immoral? Because they sell software? Because they sell software that they have stolen from someone else. > On the GNU homepage you will find some warm words of RMS about this. > > --Thomas > > -- > Thomas Bregulla, Disclaimer: > Landgrabenweg 151, 53227 Bonn The opinions expressed here > Tel.: 0228.936.2689 are my own; and not of > Fax.: 0228.936.4709 the company I am working for >