[Am-info] Ayn Rand Institute?

[Erick Andrews]

On 18 Mar 2002 19:07:37 -0600, Eric M. Hopper wrote:

>On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 17:56, Erick Andrews wrote:
>> More like asking a Pragmatist what Objectivists and Libertarians
>> actually are.
>> 
>> I'm losing this...where's MS's relationships here?
>
>People who consider themselves pure Objectivists (like the people at the
>Ayn Rand institute) feel that Microsoft has done nothing wrong as they
>have not forced people to use their product at gunpoint.
>
>It's helpful, in determining what to do about a particular evil, to
>figure out how the people who support it think.
>

Of course it's helpful...so where do we think MS's philosophy lies?
If it's not any of the "ism's" mentioned yet, maybe capitalist opportunism?

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Erick Andrews