Silicon Valley - Dan Gillmor's eJournal - Oracle, Hypocrisy and Opinion Laundering#010350: "Oracle's turnabout on ACT highlights the technology industry's frequent indifference to principle on public policy issues, at least when principle conflicts with the bottom line."

Or at least so says Dan Gillmore in a recent post. This one happens to point out Oracle, but it would be unfair to single out Oracle. Almost every major software and I.T. company has had its failings. One is tempted to talk about glass houses, especially since glass is made of silica [silica - Silicon Valley...oh never mind], but the fact remains that in a connected world we may strive to put personal privacy in place, but corporate privacy is a thing of the past. Survivors will walk their own talk with consistency and integrity, or at least so I hope.