[clug] Microsoft Has Acquired GitHub

[Scott Ferguson]

On 09/06/18 14:28, George at Clug via linux wrote:
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> On Thursday, 07-06-2018 at 21:27 Tony Marzano wrote:
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> George, 
> This topic of conversation reminds me of this story
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> http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/microsoft_buys_the_catholic_church/
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> I know it's off topic but I hope that people on the CLUG list find
> this blast from the past amusing.
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> Tony 
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> From: George at Clug via linux [1]
> Sent: ‎7/‎06/‎2018 20:23
> To: CLUG List [1]
> Subject: Re: [clug] Microsoft Has Acquired GitHub
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> What Is the Main Goal of a Publicly-Owned Company? [1]
> by Neil Kokemuller
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> The main goal of virtually every publicly-owned company has always
> been to maximize shareholder value by generating as much profit as
> possible.

And the more money they make, the more they are driven to make even more
when reinvesting the initial profits (thus becoming even more evil)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_stagnation_theory

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> Leopards and spots [2]...
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> https://www.salon.com/2014/02/23/worse_than_wal_mart_amazons_sick_brutality_and_secret_history_of_ruthlessly_intimidating_workers/
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> http://www.dw.com/en/amazon-criticized-over-temp-workers-in-germany/a-16604526
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> http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/19/technology/h-1b-visas-tech-hiring/index.html
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> https://www.crn.com.au/news/microsoft-google-amazon-facebook-apple-and-ibm-challenge-trump-on-immigration-476685
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> https://www.recode.net/2018/1/23/16919424/apple-amazon-facebook-google-uber-trump-white-house-lobbying-immigration-russia
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> Make what you want of the above articles...
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> George.
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> On Wednesday, 06-06-2018 at 20:53 George at Clug wrote:
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Kind regards

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