[CalmQuiet]

That would be a corollary of "do be evil".

[rbanffy]

Not really. If not being evil were more profitable, they would be saints. They just don't care.

[cookiecaper]

That attitude almost always gives rise to evil, though, because it's much easier to make a lot of money off of dishonesty and run like hell when you're found out than it is to do otherwise.

"the love of money is the root of all evil" - 1 Tim. 6:10.

EDIT: Can someone justify these downvotes? I was hoping HN hadn't caught the reddit disease where any time religious texts are quoted or even mentioned downvotes fall bountifully.

[rbanffy]

"Can someone justify these downvotes?"

It seems some folks here are overly sensitive to anything that vaguely resembles criticism of Microsoft and their products.

[RyanMcGreal]

More along the lines of: "Be amoral".