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albi@scii.nl writes:

> it's this short-term thinking which will be fatal for this planet after
> all

I'll agree that it's not very intelligent thinking for the long term,
but that's the way most businesses reason these days.  They think only
about the next fiscal quarter, and never beyond.

> is it so hard to think about the future, and not be dependent on a
> ruthless monopoly like Microsoft, not be dependent on a fossile fuel
> like oil etc. ?

Actually it is.  It takes more intelligence to see and evaluate
long-term consequences than it does to deal with immediate, short-term
consequences.  And intelligence is in short supply in today's corporate
world.

-- 
Anthony