Re: Boycott Microsoft

["Edwin E. Thorne" <edwin.thorne@rauland.com>]

Thomas Bregulla <thomas.bregulla@t-mobil.de> wrote in article
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> 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
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