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Article #622037Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Dave Garland
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:29
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:29
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On 4/27/2018 5:06 AM, ma...@mail.com wrote: > On 2018-04-27, Simon Turner <si...@twoplaces.co.uk> wrote: >> On Thursday, in article >> <4d0b61e8-2eba-478b...@googlegroups.com> >> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 1:09:23 AM UTC-4, Mike Spencer wrote: >>> >>>> Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations >>>> of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of >>>> a social responsibility other than to make as much money for >>>> their stockholders as possible. -- Milton Friedman >>> >>> The film Executive Suite just aired on TCM. Great movie. >>> In the climatic scene, there is a shown between the comptroller >>> who is only interested in maximizing return to the shareholders, >>> by any means possible; and another VP, who has a long term view >>> and cares also about the customers and employees. >> >> It's a fantasy film, then? >> > > I was advised once that the title 'VP' in American companies is > meaningless. > > According to Merriam-Webster (the most standard US dictionary): vice (n.) 1a : moral depravity or corruption : wickedness 1b : a moral fault or failing 1c : a habitual and usually trivial defect or shortcoming : foible 2 : blemish, defect 3 : a physical imperfection, deformity, or taint 4a often capitalized : a character representing one of the vices in an English morality play 4b : buffoon, jester 5 : an abnormal behavior pattern in a domestic animal detrimental to its health or usefulness 6 : sexual immorality; especially : prostitution
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