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<LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 02:54:26 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Par Winzell wrote:
> But "ethical schmethical" is too dismissive. :-)
I disagree. My statement was intended to convey the idea that ethics
should be _utterly_ irrelevant as far as an end goal in how you design a
game, when doing it for a publically traded company. Publically traded
companies have a mandate to create shareholder value, and any other goal
(such as creating an 'ethical' game) is negligent management.
--matt
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00317" HREF="msg00317.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 04:51 GMT
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Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 04:51 GMT
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Raph Koster <a href="mailto:rkoster#austin,rr.com">rkoster#austin,rr.com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 06:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00293" HREF="msg00293.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items</A></strong>,
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