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To: XiaoYao who wrote (21480)	11/15/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: Benny Baga	Respond to of 24154

>>>I would rather deal with a real villain to a hypocrite. A pretty stupid statement, considering there is a third choice, don't deal with either the villain or hypocrite. All your judgements on MSFT are offset by what the competitors have done. Can you once forget Netscape, Apple, Intel, AOL, etc.,etc.,etc., and just judge what MSFT has done is illegal or not? Don't bother to respond, you are a MSFT shareholder and will only have a biased response. Benny

To: XiaoYao who wrote (21480)	11/15/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: Zeem	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Xiao Yao - Thank you for your informative posts, You seem to have a handle on what's going on. Please keep up the good work. Cheers, Zeem

To: XiaoYao who wrote (21480)	11/16/1998 8:22:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes	Respond to of 24154

>>> People start the business for one purpose, make profit. There maybe some "good will" exceptions but none of them would last longer. Every company wants to win and hurt its competitors as badly as it can, no more no less. There is no "good" or "bad" in this sense, company's interest is the highest priority of all. There is no "friends" or "enemies". <<< Technically, what you advocate is known as 'amorality.' Fortunately, not everyone believes in it, or society would quickly fall apart. However, you probably are not really amoral or unethical by nature, but have had some bad experiences and so are now bitter and cynical. You can change that. To paraphrase someone, you can't become a bitter cynic without first having been a naive idealist. It's the extent of the fall that hurts so much at first. Moral people exist. Ethical people exist (and I don't mean situational ethics.) Not perfect people, but people who are trying. I hope you can find yourself again. Principles work, for society, for most employers, for those close to one, and for the internal peace of the individual who has them. Passion for your work will also make you better at it, a fact that has been determined with a great deal of certainty. You only have one life. Don't waste it on things you feel nothing for. Sincerely, Chaz