1. Identify the behaviors that you think are ethically questionable in the history of Microsoft. Evaluate the ethics of these behaviors. Pretend to embrace a technology and become the major source for that technology like buy out the competitors. Declare it obsolete because your original way is better. Wait long enough for a technique or idea to be forgotten by the majority of people or just long enough that the majority of your followers are naive newbies. Bring out the old idea and present
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Hmmmm ..??? Let’s begin with the parable. Antony Flew starts off his speech by telling the audience this story of two explorers that accidentally came upon a garden in a jungle. In this garden‚ there were many beautiful flowers and weeds. One explorer says‚ "some gardener must tend this plot". While the other disagrees‚ "there is no gardener". So‚ these two explorers tried to figure out who was right and who was wrong. They waited the whole night‚ but no gardener was ever seen. Then the
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against the nature of civility—at least by the standards of the Western culture transported to the Americas by the Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th-century. In the ancient Americas‚ cannibalism was another part of native life‚ yet not in the way explorers perceived it. The few and far between tribes who practiced the modern perception cannibalism did so as part of religious sacrifices‚ funerary rights‚ or necessity to preserve livelihood during bad harvests. Then why are the Natives Cortez encountered
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that‚ with the establishment of more permanent forms of settlement (such as buildings and farms)‚ settlers no longer relied upon the assistance provided by Aboriginal people for survival (Reynolds 1990‚ p. 36). For example‚ unlike most European explorers‚ Robert Burke and William Wills refused assistance from Aboriginal people and so were unable to catch more than one fish in four months. Further‚ because they only had a small amount of rations brought with them to Australia to survive on‚ they ultimately
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fifteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ a countless number of European explorers navigated the globe in search of new lands and new treasures. The era‚ known as The Age of Discovery‚ gave fame to some of history’s greatest seafarers—Ferdinand Magellan‚ Vasco da Gama‚ and John Cabot to name but a few. Of all the great explorers‚ though‚ none are as celebrated as Christopher Columbus—the man who “discovered” America. The Making of an Explorer‚ 1451-92—Beginnings Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy
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Understanding space‚ the untouched vast territory beyond our world‚ has been the goal of human technological evolution for centuries. In 1955‚ President Eisenhower announced that the United States would launch a man-made satellite into the unexplored universe‚ thus beginning the space race. At this same time‚ tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were rising as the Cold War was ongoing. Since the competition between the countries was higher than ever‚ not four days had passed since
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During the late 1400’s and early 1500’s‚ many explorers were starting to explore and discover North America. European countries sent explorers to America to search for a better life‚ goods‚ to claim lands‚ to find the fountain of youth‚ and various other reasons. Christopher Columbus‚ Ponce de León‚ and John Cabot made a huge impact with their voyages to the new world; their discoveries later helped the establishment of new colonies in North America. Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian‚ went on four
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Cited: "Christopher Columbus." Explorers & Discoverers of the World. Gale‚ 1993. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 30 Sep. 2012. "Goodbye Columbus!." Indians.org. Rocky Mountain News‚ 1994. Web. 30 Sep. 2012. Konstam‚ Angus‚ et al. “Across the Ocean Sea – Christopher Columbus.” Historical
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his journey to find new lands. Columbus “believed he was a divine agent: ‘God made me the messenger of the new heaven and the new Earth of which he spoke in the Apocalypse of St. John…and he showed me the post where to find it’ “ (McKay 499). Explorers Bartholomew Diaz and Vasco da Gama also had religious aspirations as they searched for a trade route to India. On every expedition‚ several missionaries were brought along in order to help convert the natives of the land to the Christian
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preserve foods and keep them from spoiling. Spices‚ however‚ were expensive and dangerous to get. European rulers began to pay for explorations to find a sea route to Asia so they could get spices cheaper. Portugal was the first country that sent explorers to search for the sea route to Asia. After Bartholomew Dias and his crew made it to Africa’s Cape of Good Hope‚ Vasco da Gama and his crew became the first to sail around Africa and through the Indian Ocean to India in 1497. Spain‚ however‚ would
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