> Your confused if you think just because one benefits from charitable actions that somehow invalidates them.
I think you're being overly charitable to think these tech corporations had charitable intentions when they contributed resources to tech projects that happened to improve their tech business prospects.
> And IBM's contribution was, frankly, marketing. It does not compare to the volumes of high quality technology that the companies I mentioned have simply given away for free.
Bizarre you didn't mention that up front when you named 'the big five contributors'.
On what do you base your bold claim that IBM's contribution was marketing, and the other corporations weren't?
> Many on HN and others are perhaps too close to it but I think people will look back upon this extraordinary corporate charity as a decisive event of the century.
IBM announced their first billion spend last century.
I think you're being overly charitable to think these tech corporations had charitable intentions when they contributed resources to tech projects that happened to improve their tech business prospects.
> And IBM's contribution was, frankly, marketing. It does not compare to the volumes of high quality technology that the companies I mentioned have simply given away for free.
Bizarre you didn't mention that up front when you named 'the big five contributors'.
On what do you base your bold claim that IBM's contribution was marketing, and the other corporations weren't?
> Many on HN and others are perhaps too close to it but I think people will look back upon this extraordinary corporate charity as a decisive event of the century.
IBM announced their first billion spend last century.