Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?

[Travis Riddle]

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> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com
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> On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:14 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?
> 
> At 11:47 2/24/2004, you wrote:
> >For example (and to stay off topic a bit):
> >
> >Last year alone the Gates Foundation donated a tad over 7,000,000,000
to
> >various medical and educational programs.  Count the zero's my
friend.
> >
> >I fully realize that they price gouge and everything they stand for
is
> >against OSS, but 7 billion donated to the world's future each
> >year.  That's not a bad thing.
> 
> No, it's not a bad thing. Anything done for good is a good thing, no
ifs,
> ands, or buts. However, and to make the point dramatically in the
purest
> black or white: stealing exclusively to give to the poor is still
> stealing.
> I applaud charity, but I expect ethical business behavior as well. Our
> family businesses, for example, are publicly held and audited, have
had an
> impeccable reputation for nearly 80 years now, and consistently donate
a
> percentage of gross profits to charity and social work as well as fund
the
> Paiz Foundation.
> 
> Just as two wrongs do not make a right, a right does not "cancel out"
a
> wrong. They are independent.
> 
> >Please don't reply to this forum if you have to bash me
> 
> No bashing here, but I certainly don't agree with my interpretation of
> what
> you said.
> 

Well said my friend and I did not mean to take away from your reply as
you made some excellent points.  What a strange and very diverse world
we live in.