RE: Midrange Computing Closed

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was torn between letting this die and responding.  I've made the wrong
choice, but I'm not in a happy mood anyway.
<RANT>
People use the word "Capitalism" to mean a lot of things, including a
quasi-religious belief system.  As an economic system it's a way in which
scarce resources are allocated through supply, demand, and price tending
toward equilibrium.  It's amoral in the sense that Newton's laws of motion
are amoral.  It's not fair, it's not good, it's not bad, it's not anything
but a way of allocating scarce resources by allowing supply, demand, and
price to move toward equilibrium without imposing outside forces.  Sometimes
the results are more pleasant than at other times.  
</RANT>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Akins [mailto:makins@hannasteel.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:14 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Midrange Computing Closed
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> 
> Oh give me a break.   This is off topic and out of hand.   Aren't we
> supposed to be a little bit smarter than to make generalizations about
> every corporation?
> 
> If a company does not provide value to its customers, 
> employees, suppliers
> and stockholders then it will cease to exist.
> 
> At www.tredegar.com I find that Tredegar Corporation is a profitable
> developer of technology for drug delivery and other medical 
> applications.
> Thanks, those products may save my life or the life of  someone in my
> family.    In return, you will be compensated for your time 
> and effort and
> will continue to make products that improve our lives.
> 
> For more information on capitalism read Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.
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> >>  Al Barsa said:
> >> All of the employees were terminated yesterday, and they're all
> >> looking for jobs now.  They got no severance, or anything.
> 
> >Is that legal in the States?  It wouldn't be here (UK) -- at 
> least for
> >employees who had  two years+ service.   Cheers,
> >Martin. Martin McCallion
> 
> 
> How quaint.     Martin,  Businesses in the US (Global 
> business strategy
> soon)  is motivated by one thing.  Greed.  Money. Profit.  If 
> you want to
> rent the movie that defines this, rent "Head Office"  (Danny 
> devito, Rick
> Maranis, Jane Seymour, etc).
> 
> Businesses no longer(if ever)  care about;
> 
> Product Value
> People
> or anything that doesn't contribute to the bottom line.
> 
> Personal development at companies now is equated to "What can 
> you learn to
> help us make more money?"
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