On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 01:07:48PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Microsoft is a company legally obliged to work for the benefit of its > > shareholders. What possible justification could there be for them to > > give permission? > > Huh? Companies are *not* obliged to do anything and everything that > will get their shareholders revenue. The fiduciary responsibilty is > *not* that tight.
Exactly, for instance, companies are not obliged through their fiduciary responsibilities to break the law for the sake of shareholder profit. Err, perhaps Microsoft is a poor example... -- G. Branden Robinson | Men use thought only to justify Debian GNU/Linux | their wrong doings, and speech only [EMAIL PROTECTED] | to conceal their thoughts. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Voltaire
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