After reading this article, I've been convinced that the turn I thought Microsoft was taking is a facade. They were pushing to become more open source. They seemed to become less sleazy and more professional. I even began to consider applying for a job because of this cultural shift. It looked like they were outpacing Google at Google's own game. I visited Redmond several times and was impressed with what I saw. But after reading about the case of Eric Lundgren, I know the company has not changed. I could never work for such an ethically devoid company. Shame on you, Microsoft, you almost had me fooled. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/e-waste-recycling-innovator-faces-prison-after-losing-fight-with-microsoft/
"The discs had labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos." This is a clear copyright violation. He tried to pirate software and passed it off as official disks. How is Microsoft in the wrong here?
Boeing steals souls.
This is clear violation of copyrighted property. The guy seems like a good guy, but that doesn't make illegal legal.
I can’t really fault any company for protecting its intellectual property. Why would you?
So according to OP it’s ok to work for a company that produces weapons of mass destruction but not for a company that sued for copyright infringement. Got it. OP should get Nobel for ethical standard.
Not lawsuit, criminal indictment. Fifteen years of this guy's life are about to go to slave labor because he distributed free Microsoft installers.
Piracy is not a victimless crime. Maybe you seen this when watching a movie. And it’s not free. He distributed for free cause he was pirating. Microsoft doesn’t give it for free and it’s their product. You steal it you pay the price.
OP what part of intellectual property rights dont u understand? Good that you dont want to work for MS, we don't want u either. Take your hippie logic away from here
Agree with above peeps. He should have been more compliant with Microsoft, profit or not. And yes, Boeing kills kittens and puppies.
So OP you quitting Boeing then?
OP, did you go Bonkers working for Boeing? You guys are E-Corp.
Yeah MS sues for copyright violations, but Boeing makes military drones and fighter jets to kill people with. Amazon crushes warehouse workers. All the big companies got problems
Lawsuits are one thing. Imprisonment is another. They went after him in criminal court, and are sending him to prison for 15 years. Their expert witness didn't differentiate between licenses and free recovery disks. They're making an example of this guy, not simply recovering whatever damages they could be awarded in civil court. Other companies have problems, but they don't send ewaste recyclers to prison over CDs with legally obtained free software.
I'm not saying it was a great thing they did. I'm just saying that a lot of children in the middle east died to military hardware Boeing made, and a lot of US laborers die in Boeing factories (what was it, 20x the rate of the next leading airline company?) Something something kettle black