[Info-vax] Trial Phase 2 (was Re: HP wins Oracle Itanium case)

[ChrisQ]

On 08/24/12 18:25, David Froble wrote:

>
> Yeah, and we've had similar in the past. Coal barrons, Railroad
> magnates, and such, making hugh profits while standing on the necks of
> the people doing the work. Workers try to unionize to get some better
> treatment, no problem, hire thugs with ax handles to break some heads.
>
> No thanks ...

Sorry, David, can't let that go. Do we protesteth too much perchance ?.

I can see why some people in this group might be seriously anti and perhaps
with good reason, but let's not have double standards please. For 
example, Apple
have restrictive trade practices and get their kit manufactured in (on 
the necks
of the workers) cheap labour plants, while google have serious privacy 
and other
issues with the way they collect and use data. Then we have Intel and 
all the
horror stories about people who work in their plants. Are all richer 
than Oracle,
or am I mistaken there ?.

Seems to me that all big business is suspect, but that's the way it 
seems to work
and there's probably little that can be done about it, other than mass 
boycott of
the product, which is unlikely.

They obviously build a quality product that many want to buy, 
irrespective of the
fact that it's expensive. Hp have even taken legal action to maintain 
access to it,
so what's wrong with that ?. Sounds like the normal successfull us 
business model
to me.

Ok, am playing devil's advocate a bit here :-)...

Regards,

Chris