[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Tue Sep 16 15:26:06 PDT 2014


On 09/16/2014 11:05 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:06:10 -0400, Nick Sabalausky
> <SeeWebsiteToContactMe at semitwist.com> wrote:
>> That's actually true in much more than just a snide comment sort of
>> way. A corporation is *legally obligated* to put shareholder profit
>> above all other concerns. Either they act like greedy f&#ks or they
>> risk getting the crap sued out of them. The problem is we've
>> permitted, and promoted, a system where companies are owned by people
>> (shareholders) whose *sole* interest in the company is purely financial.
>
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>
> I think what you are referring to is public companies,

Yes, sorry, I meant publicly traded corporation.



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