Reuben Gant Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 In the end I do find Clinton more culpable. I spent a fair amount of time in Hong Kong in the 90's and he was loved there. Of course, he helped make many of them very rich. But I also know many American businessmen who believe that their products were outright lifted by Chinese pirating or reverse engineering without any legal remedy. In the end, we don't know what we are helping create in China because there is such a lack of political transparency. Without a floating currency we are in a sense providing the biggest labor subsidy in the history of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGTEleven Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 China has been known to start front companies in the US to bypass the international regulations and filter technology back 403224[/snapback] I used to sell fairly expensive software used in many products including military ones. I got a call from a chinese person at a company with a phony name. She wanted to buy a whole bunch of source code. When I called her back she wasn't sure what she wanted to use it for. She had no idea whatsoever. Her email addr was at yahoo.com. When I asked her for a meeting to discuss the products to be sure they were really what she needed she said the whole company was run from her apartment so we could not meet (keep in mind that she had no idea what this company, run from her apartment, was in business for, she just knew she needed this sophisticated source code to make it all work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I used to sell fairly expensive software used in many products including military ones. I got a call from a chinese person at a company with a phony name. She wanted to buy a whole bunch of source code. When I called her back she wasn't sure what she wanted to use it for. She had no idea whatsoever. Her email addr was at yahoo.com. When I asked her for a meeting to discuss the products to be sure they were really what she needed she said the whole company was run from her apartment so we could not meet (keep in mind that she had no idea what this company, run from her apartment, was in business for, she just knew she needed this sophisticated source code to make it all work). 405716[/snapback] i hope you passed this info on to the authorities. at the time. i know I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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