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Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by rbanffy on Saturday June 19, 2021 @04:15PM (#27564034)
> Has there ever been a large company in IT that didn't turn absolutely evil as soon as the opportunity presented itself?

If turning evil increases shareholder value, it’s their fiduciary duty to do so.

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Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by pstuart on Saturday June 19, 2021 @04:30PM (#27564189)
> If turning evil increases shareholder value, it’s their fiduciary duty to do so.

Meh. Maybe not: https://medium.com/bull-market/there-is-no-effective-fiducia...

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