Re: Boycott Microsoft

In article <ejohnsonEsxB5w.Ay0@netcom.com>, ejohnson@netcom.com (Eric Johnson) wrote: > Michael Hunter <mhunter@umr.dot.edu> writes: > > >> Mark "I suck" Peters > > >That's quite a name you got there... > > Gee! You're so damn funny. You obviously have to resort to personal > attacks rather than risk making a philosophical defense for your > collectivist-statist position. Your whole argument consists of using > a dollar sign in the name of Microsoft. You're a real bright guy! > > -Eric Johnson > Software Engineer > Defend Microsoft! www.moral-defense.org What's there to defend? M$? Why bother? They already got more stooges, peons and apologists than they can use. Besides, people who defend M$ tend to be a bunch of self-serving hypocrites who are defending themselves really (especially the Windows developers). By defending M$, they are trying to defend the entity who puts bread on their tables. While that is perfectly understandable (from the perspective of a human nature weakness) it is still morally reprehensible to defend fraud and corruption, just so one may ensure one's income. Selfishness can not be reconciled with the good of the many (computer users in general). Read about Socrate's trial and suicide, sometime. Morbius