[jrandom]

It pains me as well (I'll be getting a nice, shiny 8-core system in two months) but rationalize it with my realization that pretty much every company is evil -- I give my hard-earned paycheck to the least evil company that provides what I'm looking for.

[zackattack]

Can you humor me and define your terms? What makes a company evil?

[sfk]

Frivolous abuse of the DMCA in order to suppress reverse engineering for interoperability purposes?

[zackattack]

So evil means suppressing reverse engineering? Any company that suppresses reverse engineering is evil?

[wolverian]

Classic strawman.

[zackattack]

You are allowed to contribute to society, but only if you contribute something that can be used by someone however they want it. Otherwise, don't even bother contributing---making products that bring music to the world, or create jobs.

[zackattack]

In order to create value in this society some aggressive behavior is typically deemed necessary. But this is win-lose behavior. Is it possible to think of a new, win-win paradigm?

==> Conclusion,

evil = win-lose

good = win-win

How's that for a definition of evil? All of the parent posts make a lot more sense now, to me.

[zackattack]

Dialectical reasoning ftw.