[Info-vax] Life after Digital

[Arne Vajhøj]

ChrisQ wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> You think any big corporation are different?
>>
>> They exists to maximize profit!
> 
> At the expense of everything else ?. I guess it must be ok then, 
> everyone else is doing it.

The most relevant point is that there are no reason to complain
over HP doing it.

It is like complaining that winters are cold and summers are hot.

If we should continue out of the off topic track, then I think the
most common point of view is that:
- it is perfectly OK for companies to profit maximize
- it is the task of the politicians to make some good rules that the
   companies have to profit maximize within

> Good, long term business, like much else in life, depends on trust and 
> relationships. Anything lese is box shipper territory. Since the GB 
> days, some sections seem to have lost their ethical compass completely 
> and it will takes years to repair the damage.
> 
> If you think that's a good idea, then you are part of the problem, not 
> the solution...

Nobody suggested maximizing next years or next quarters profit was
good.

But maximizing present value of all future profit is usually considered
good behavior.

Arne