XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 12:24:34 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > On 04/12/2025 02:28, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:10:10 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Did you mean "a business *had*"? Isn't this ("shareholder primacy")   
   >>> pretty much of a misconception these days, except for a small number   
   >>> of jurisdictions?   
   >>   
   >> How many corporate decisions are made with an eye to Wall Street and   
   >> improving the stock price? How many disasters have there been recently   
   >> where a corporation decided social justice was their concern?   
   >>   
   > That depends entirely on the company and its state of being.   
   > People who haven't been around listed boards do not really understand...   
   >   
   > Today the prime example is of Boeing whose attempts to deliver profit   
   > have resulted in a quality drop that is likely to put them out of   
   > business.   
      
   https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-   
   announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business   
      
   Translation: screw the consumers that have been buying Crucial RAM; thar's   
   money in them thar AI hills!   
      
   If the AI balloon bursts, like it has a history of doing, there will be a   
   lot of people in deep shit. Unfortunately the general public will be   
   swimming around in the cesspool too.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)