[Info-vax] Life after Digital

[Arne Vajhøj]

P. Sture wrote:
> 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.

Research and development are done to gain long term profit.

Arne