[Info-vax] Life after Digital

[P. Sture]

In article <4adb4079$0$1655$703f8584 at textnews.kpn.nl>,
 Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerhout at planet.nl> wrote:

> Marc Schlensog mentioned  on 18-10-2009 17:48:
> > On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:10:03 -0400
> > Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> > 
> >> JF Mezei wrote:
> >>> My view of HP worsened quite a bit this year. Now, when cycling past
> >>> their offices, I see some faceleless corporation optimised to milk
> >>> customers, draw blood from employees and discard them at will.
> >> You think any big corporation are different?
> >>
> >> They exists to maximize profit!
> > 
> > Isn't that what all companies are (and should be) trying to do?
> > 
> 
> In a limited-view shareholder model, maybe yes. In a broader-view 
> stakeholder model, certainly not! There it's *optimizing profit* that 
> counts.
> 
> It is much /easier/ to maximize profit at the expense (no pun!) of, for 
> example, the employees, or the environment. /Easier/ is not /better/.
> 

Research and Development would not exist if short term profit were the 
only goal.

-- 
Paul Sture