I don't see why business has to be about money and nothing else.
Perhaps I shouldn't speak for others, but I don't think this is what he's trying to say. He is simply saying that a true business should make money or it won't be around very long (an oversimplification - not taking into account government bailouts, etc...). I find no fault with this statement. He doesn't say that business won't cease to exist for other reasons (i.e. anti-trust lawsuits, tax laws, etc...), only that the failure to make money is certainly one of these reasons.
Businesses clearly can have other objectives in addition to turning a profit. And certainly the aim to make money does not trump morality and legality. This is the lesson Microsoft needs to learn - businesses can and should turn a profit, not by violating the ethics of their industry, but by the virtues of their products alone.
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I don't see why business has to be about money and nothing else. Perhaps I shouldn't speak for others, but I don't think this is what he's trying to say. He is simply saying that a true business should make money or it won't be around very long (an oversimplification - not taking into account government bailouts, etc...). I find no fault with this statement. He doesn't say that business won't cease to exist for other reasons (i.e. anti-trust lawsuits, tax laws, etc...), only that the failure to make money is certainly one of these reasons. Businesses clearly can have other objectives in addition to turning a profit. And certainly the aim to make money does not trump morality and legality. This is the lesson Microsoft needs to learn - businesses can and should turn a profit, not by violating the ethics of their industry, but by the virtues of their products alone.