Is Microsoft EViL?

[LarrySamDavid25]

http://www.computerworld.com/news/sp...1,1386,00.html

man oh man...do they ever deserve to BuRN

[Epidemic]

They are just out there to bring the PC to the population. If they get rich that is just gravy.

[Greymon]

Microsoft is just a company who puts out some software programs. To get to the top they have broken some laws. But I don't see them as evil. Hilter was evil. Microsoft is wrong.

That's not to excuse their practices. And I feel their punishment has not nearly severe enough last week. But I don't see them as evil.

[LarrySamDavid25]

Main Entry: 1evil
Pronunciation: 'E-v&l, British often and US also 'E-(")vil
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): evil·er or evil·ler; evil·est or evil·lest
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English yfel; akin to Old High German ubil evil
Date: before 12th century
1 a : morally reprehensible : SINFUL, WICKED <an evil impulse> b : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct <a man of evil reputation>
2 a archaic : INFERIOR b : causing discomfort or repulsion : OFFENSIVE <an evil odor> c : DISAGREEABLE <woke late and in an evil temper>
3 a : causing harm : PERNICIOUS <the evil institution of slavery> b : marked by misfortune : UNLUCKY
- evil adverb, archaic
- evil·ly /-(l)E/ adverb
- evil·ness /-n&s/ noun

Not defending them or anything, but what about the benefits they gave the world?

[LarrySamDavid25]

The denial is all around me...so what if they have given a great benefit to the world, it is at what cost in which I find evil. The types of dispositions that would argue such points are those that feed this very type of corruption. The point is, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE differently. Oh, they may have made 1% less (figurative number, of course)...

I'm just asking that excuses quit being made, and that EVERYONE is responsible for their actions, even if they feel they can hide behind the mask of a huge corporation. No, I'm not saying quit your job at Microsoft because someone else there loves to rape the world of it's rights and earnings, but rather, when an immoral option is given, that the moral option be taken. There is a problem with even that though, as many don't have an ounce of human morality in them...making that an incoherent option.

Just got a large project in my lap...so I will ramble further later...

thx for any input on the matter, no matter what side you may take. It needs addressed from all angles, this I do believe.

[Greymon]

Are you trying to argue that Microsoft is SINFUL?????? LOL!

[Epidemic]

What evil actions have they taken.

Business is designed to take market share from the competition.

You ultimate goal is to take their entire customer base with a better product.

They just happen to be very good at this.

Epidemic says it right.

[J-Excel]

Just because they are successful doesn't make them evil. If MS is evil then the USA is evil.