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[–] 2674640? 5 points 23 points (+28|-5) ago 

I think the problem here is we consider 'Microsoft' to be a single entity like a person with feelings and direction and an over all goal.

This is a company who's sole purpose is to make money, they will sue anyone they have to if it is a profitable idea. So Microsoft being a company to make money may indeed love linux, but that would never stop them from suing to make more money.

my point is that we anthropomorphize companies to be people, but they aren't. They are soulless monstrosities driven by profit alone despite the good intentions of individuals that make up the company.

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[–] 404_SLEEP_NOT_FOUND 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

Companies are just the tools used to extract wealth. Look at the share holders for responsibility.

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[–] 2674993? [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

insightful

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[–] dayofthehope 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The purpose of a corporation should not be to extract wealth through any means regardless of whether they are ethical or unethical. This is parroted all over the internet but it is not true.

The origin of this notion is the Talmud. In there it says that the Jews are supposed to amass wealth from others regardless of the ethics involved.

Some Jewish economist (the name escapes me, sorry), he expressed this notion in modern economic terms and using the word "corporations" instead of Jews, but the idea is the same.

It may be beneficial for Jews wanting to amass even more wealth, but it should not be this way.

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[–] weezkitty 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

The purpose of a corporation should not be to extract wealth through any means regardless of whether they are ethical or unethical. This is parroted all over the internet but it is not true.

In a capitalist system, that is exactly the purpose of a corporation