Thursday, January 17, 2008

InfoWorld Daily: On morality and business success

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Thursday, Jan 17, 2008
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Table Of Contents:


* On morality and business success
* InfoWorld Daily Podcast
* Windows XP as Coke Classic


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ON MORALITY AND BUSINESS SUCCESS

Careers: Continuing the greater good discussion, a reader thinks that
Bob Lewis previously missed the mark and that the Machiavellian bottom
line criteria, in which the end justifies the means, is a negative
function of what we, as a society, define as success. Lewis asserts that
the reality here is that businesses exist to provide value to
shareholders. "If you disapprove of how most companies are run, join the
club," he writes in this Advice Line entry. "It's a big club, ...
More of this blog at:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2008/01/on_morality_and.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-01-17

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INFOWORLD DAILY PODCAST

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LISTEN!

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http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2008/01/infoworld_daily_496.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-01-17

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WINDOWS XP AS COKE CLASSIC

Save Windows XP: Thus far, more than 12,600 have have signed our Save XP
petition. Most of those folks cited lack of compelling benefits in
Vista, as well as training, support and upgrading costs as reasons to
keep XP alive. Burton Group executive strategist Ken Anderson said that
the reaction to XP's impending demise is similar to what Coke went
through when it unsuccessfully introduced a new formula in the 1980's.
"XP has come to the point of being Coke Classic," ...
More of this blog at:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2008/01/windows_xp_as_c.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-01-17

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http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/newsletter/13/80233614/

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