Microsoft, SUSE, & KDE get political.
(Not taking sides, just reporting and pondering on the repercussions.)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgv8uILcQ3U
LBRY: https://beta.lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/microsoft-suse-kde-get-political:1
MP3 / RSS: http://lunduke.com/
I actually appreciate a tech firm making a political and ethical stand. It helps guide me as to who I prefer to do business with, respect in the marketplace and generally view as a future provider and partner. For me this is the quintessential point of intelligent, informed capitalism.
@lunduke making a public statement with complete disregard for the stances of one's employees and customers seems like a dangerous game to play. I understand supporting the environment, because saving the environment is better for most people, but the Github stance in particular has me nervous.
@lunduke I think that the three big taboo topics in our society are the three most important for us to have open discussion of: Money, religion, politics. But I already have plenty of reasons to dislike Microsoft. Them adapting any form of political correct hardline really just cements my disdain for them. The big three tech giants Google, Apple, and Microsoft have way too much power in our society, and they flex that power in dangerous ways - even when I agree with them, how they do it hurts.
@lunduke And since we are getting political, I will just say that the single greatest evil in our world stems from when people try to use force and coercion (usually in the form of government) to bludgeon people who disagree with them into behaving in a way that conforms with the beliefs of the bludgeoner.
@lunduke From my point politics here is secondary, primary are values and ethics. Someone should stand up for that.
Also - everyone blames big corps anyway for influencing politics, so this is fair and honest statement to keep up transparency.
So however I despise MS (as a tech company) - I support this particular motion.
@lunduke Seems the GitHub stance is very even to me.
But corps using their gains for politicking isn't even remotely new. They've been lobbying from day one. At least this is a bit more altruistic than rent-seeking lobbying efforts. And it was Citizen United the proved out that corps have 1A rights.