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Old 06-20-2010, 01:31 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by MikeConn View Post
As far as I'm aware, Microsoft has never tried to legislate for the moral standards of those using its products. Their corporate megalomania isn't an attractive trait, but it's far less dangerous than the pious, Big Brother tendencies of Apple. Apple sell sexy gadgets, manufactured in the kind of working conditions even George Orwell could hardly have imagined. Who are they to dictate what I can read or watch?

The more I learn about this company, the more I'm glad I have a Nokia phone and Windows on my computer.
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Marketplace bans porn:
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/06/08...bans-porn.html

Twitter App for Zune HD Is Rated PG: No Swearing Allowed
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/twitter-zune-hd/

Microsoft accused of using teen, underpaid Chinese labor
http://www.electronista.com/articles...#ixzz0rMstfbDe

Foxconn and Flextronics to start shipping Natal Units to Microsoft
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100611PD215.html

Sony, Nokia express concern over Foxconn suicides
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20006316-260.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-an...n-Site-635424/

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