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RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Raph Koster wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu [mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu]On Behalf Of
> > Matthew Mihaly
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:54 PM
> > To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> > Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items
> >
> > Publically traded
> > companies have a mandate to create shareholder value, and any other goal
> > (such as creating an 'ethical' game) is negligent management.
>
> Unless an 'ethical' game leads to greater profits.
Right, though here the goal is still maximizing shareholder value (not
profits...maximixing profits is not the goal, though I'm not going to go
into corporate valuation here). The ethical game is just a means to the
end, not the end in and of itself.
--matt
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- Thread context:
- Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items, (continued)
- Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Par Winzell zell#alyx,com, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 04:51 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
J C Lawrence claw#kanga,nu, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 05:11 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Raph Koster rkoster#austin,rr.com, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 06:42 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Geoffrey A. MacDougall geoffrey#poptronik,com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:36 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Raph Koster rkoster#austin,rr.com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 05:50 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Matthew Mihaly the_logos#achaea,com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 07:42 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Jeff Freeman skeptack#antisocial,com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 14:45 GMT
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