Good point, first rule, not rule of law. In fact, virtually every charitable
organization in the US is a corporation. The distinction 'non-porfit
corporation' is given as a classification by the IRS for accounting and
taxation purposes.
Bill Pearce
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From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Google Wave
>A corporations first rule is making a profit. People be damned. Too
> big to fail should be allowed to fail. Kerplunk.....circle the bowl....
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> Chris Barker wrote:
>> You might be right, Dawid, in your wariness, but a successful
>> organisation has to be big to survive or it will be taken over by a
>> larger one. Just look at what Microsoft does when it needs a new bit
>> of software ...
>>
>> But I don't agree that a corporation is required by law to make money
>> for its shareholders; it must be successful to retain shareholders
>> and profit normally contributes to that success. But a company must
>> have several facets to its operation to be successful and one of
>> those will be its care for the client or customer.
>>
>> I use Google for Gmail and Apps. My 2 domains have email going
>> through Google and it is very effective, being IMAP rather than POP.
>> Wave is in its infancy so we shall have to wait and see. Does your
>> final paragraph mean that you would like an invitation?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 2 Dec 2009, at 13:07, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>>
>>> P.S. I am greatly concerned about the inherent power people place
>>> in the hands of a single corporation like Google (who is by law
>>> mandated to make money for their shareholders above all other
>>> causes) in the form of willingly hosting or channeling *all* forms
>>> of information:
>>>
>>> - e-mail - documents - calendars - contact info - geographic /
>>> photographic information regarding locations - etc etc
>>>
>>> through this one company. Why do people trust Google so much? Far
>>> too much power that can affect far too many people are in the hands
>>> of one money- making machine.
>>>
>>> I truly believe that services such as web search must be via fully
>>> open-source software hosted on publicly-funded infrastructure.
>>> Google has woven themselves into society to such an extent, that
>>> their existence is almost guaranteed no matter what evil things
>>> they may choose to do.
>>>
>>> That is not right... Do we really want a world where ONE
>>> corporation owns your information, your web browser, your phone,
>>> your operating system, etc etc?
>>>
>>> Anyway, I just have a very bad feeling about all of this. On the
>>> topic of "Waves" though, for anybody who's read their information,
>>> the idea is quite a novel attempt at superseding older (but
>>> successful) forms of message-based communication, such as e- mail.
>>
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