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Microsoft's Ethical Guidelines

Posted by kdawson on from the oxy-meet-moron dept.

hankwang writes "Did you know that Microsoft has ethical guidelines? It's good to know that 'Microsoft did not make any payments to foreign government officials' while lobbying for OOXML, and that 'Microsoft conducts its business in compliance with laws designed to promote fair competition' every time they suppressed competitors. In their Corporate Citizenship section, they discuss how the customer-focused approach creates products that work well with those of competitors and open-source solutions. So all the reverse-engineering by Samba and OpenOffice.org developers wasn't really necessary."

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  1. All your base are belong to us... by Muckluck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ethics? Make your time...

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    --I like turtles...
  2. Unsurprising by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft has really lost it when it comes to evil these days. Apple's evil is just ridiculously better. Microsoft's evil was damn fine in the 1990s, but these days it's just ... sorta lame. I mean, Vista - what dismally poorly executed evil! And the Zune, oh dear.

    So trying to be good is all that's left to them. Can they go straight? Or will it be straight back to crime?

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    http://rocknerd.co.uk
    1. Re:Unsurprising by weber · · Score: 5, Funny

      "You're not quite evil enough. You're semi-evil. You're quasi-evil. You're the margarine of evil. You're the Diet Coke of evil, just one calorie, not evil enough."
          -- Dr. Evil

  3. Looking for ethics by crispi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure they have some ethics around somewhere? ...somewhere... ...still looking...

    Aha! ActiveEthics(TM).

  4. Re:A string of meaningless words!! by dvice_null · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Where is the choice?

    You can pick any browser you want from these alternatives: IE6, IE7, IE8

  5. Ethics? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suspect that if I looked up Ethics in MS Encarta it would probably say

    "Ethics - A county to the east of London"

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    Essex for non-uk readers

  6. Actual ethics section from the manual by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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  7. Microsoft is just misunderstood. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    All true, but somewhat beside the point.

    Microsoft is just misunderstood. People think that Microsoft is a software company, but it isn't. Microsoft is an abuse company that sells software as a way of delivering abuse. Microsoft's evil is not a side-effect of their management philosophy, Microsoft's evil is their business model.

  8. Re:A string of meaningless words!! by Sun.Jedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sarah Palin? Is that you?