[Info-vax] Life after Digital

[Arne Vajhøj]

Wilm Boerhout 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/.

Better is a normative concept.

I think you will find that profit maximizing is the best model
for describing the behavior of big corporations.

Arne