Didn't we see the same bloviation from the mainstream media when cold fusion went from the energy source of the future to a byword for scientific fraud? It seems to me if the reputation of hard science could survive out and out fraud like that, it will probably survive the climate change "fraud".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl9puZ4q7UI
'Nuff said.
No one in their right mind would call it theft if you took a seed from a genetically engineered apple you found in the trash that was once bought in a store and planted them to make copies of that apple for your long term free enjoyment.
Go ahead and plant it...the Monsanto legal department will be coming to seize your left testicle shortly.
How did 'Being a prick guarantees you more success in the world of IT' become a story? Microsoft turned that idea into a business model, and look where it got them.
While the ethicist in me would like to think that a backstabbing prick like the one described in the article will eventually get his comeuppance, the truth is that assholes generally win in business. If you're competing with someone who is only bound by what's legal, as opposed to what's moral or fair, you're playing with a serious handicap. Whether you think the material gain is worth losing a bit of your humanity is a judgment call.
I, for one, would rather make less and be a better person.
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