Re: An interesting issue

de Mark Carter 05/08/2006 04:05

lugnut wrote:
> On Mon, 08 May 2006 02:45:12 +0200, Rednax
> <Xander2005rednax@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>Greedy Mozilla is raking in $50 million a year from Google
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>>http://www.scroogle.org/mozilla.html
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>>Rednax
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> And, at what point does a reasonable return on investment
> stop and greed begin?

Ouch. Remember, it's a charity, so there shouldn't really be a "return
on investment".

> I think we may need a definition for
> greed here.

Well, I guess greed is subjective. There certainly are charities which
give directors or promoters excessive remuneration, and seem little more
than scams designed to wring money out of an unsuspecting public ...
though I am not aware of any charge that could credibly be made against
the Mozilla Foundation.

My annoyance with the OP is that the cited page was slanted and lacked
objectivity. I looked up Daniel Brandt on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Brandt
and whilst his basic motivation seemed a noble one, it appears that a
strange thing happened to him on his way to the forum. In the words of
Nietzsche: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the
process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into
an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
The Elizabeth Baum quote left an especially bad taste in my mouth.

> Could it be that you see someone with more
> financial resources then you when you look into their
> pockets?

Agreed. The Mozilla Foundation obtaining money seems no more insidious
than any other charity obtaining money; although the relationship
between Google and the search bar puts it in somewhat hazier territory.

BTW, I think that Brandt probably crossed the line here; accusing
the Mozilla Foundation of tax evasion looks like libel to me.