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41 points by pg 183 days ago | link | parent

Historically the word "evil" has had a pretty broad meaning. Among tech companies the word has a new and fairly specific sense that follows from Paul Buchheit's slogan "Don't be evil." That's the sense I was using. It has a pretty low bar. It means, roughly, winning by taking advantage of people instead of by doing good work.


9 points by glhaynes 183 days ago | link

Maybe Apple succeeds most when they take advantage of people and do good work. :)

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9 points by stcredzero 183 days ago | link

Which makes them better loved than Microsoft, which for long stretches got away with taking advantage of people and doing mostly mediocre work.

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