Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by pfortuny on Thursday June 23, 2016 @01:51PM
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Nope: it is Statephobia and States have no right to honor, just people eith individual bodies.
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Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by mwcampbell on Thursday June 23, 2016 @01:59PM
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That seems like splitting hairs to me. Would you want people to reject your software just because of your nationality or that of your company? Probably not. So it seems to me that an implication of the golden rule is that we shouldn't do that.
Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by Spivak on Thursday June 23, 2016 @02:26PM
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Software written by Chinese people -- no problem.
Software written by persons and companies subject to the will of the Chinese government -- huge problem.
It's really no different than European countries not wanting to do business with US companies because of the NSA.
I would understand if people from another country did not use my software for fear of an NSA backdoor. It'd suck, but I would not think twice about their decision.
Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by int_19h on Thursday June 23, 2016 @05:27PM
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On my nationality? No.
On the jurisdiction in which I, or the company employing me, operates? That can well be legitimate. You're discriminating against the laws (or unwritten government policies) in that jurisdiction, not against people.