/dev/null Posted January 28, 2006 Posted January 28, 2006 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/...2012784,00.html For a couple Billion dollars i'd censor the truth too. But for Bill Gate$, whats a difference does a couple Billion make?
HopsGuy Posted January 28, 2006 Posted January 28, 2006 MSFT, YHOO & GOOG are public companies. They have a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders to have a presence in China. While Google's informal motto is "Don't be evil", they cannot ignore the potential revenue stream available from the world's (potentially) largest market. Microsoft conference rooms are booked with discussions on how to fend off the latest offensive(s) from GOOG. Freedom of information is essential to freedom. China will get there, but it probably should be a slow evolution. Search engines will be a toe-hold for the eventual freedom of speech.
KD in CA Posted January 28, 2006 Posted January 28, 2006 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/...2012784,00.html For a couple Billion dollars i'd censor the truth too. But for Bill Gate$, whats a difference does a couple Billion make? 586444[/snapback] That's a big stretch.....it isn't his policy. What's he supposed to do, ignore a market with 1+ billion people? d-n is exactly right about responsibility to shareholders. It isn't Gates' company, he just runs it.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Did anyone else see the dhow on discovery last night about the first emperor of China? it's amazing how much of what china is today is owed to a madman that lived 2000 years ago.
HopsGuy Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Did anyone else see the dhow on discovery last night about the first emperor of China? it's amazing how much of what china is today is owed to a madman that lived 2000 years ago. 587874[/snapback] Some would say that much of what America is today is owed to a rabble-rousing carpenter that lived 2000 years ago. Some would say that.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Some would say that much of what America is today is owed to a rabble-rousing carpenter that lived 2000 years ago. Some would say that. 588279[/snapback] Yeah, well unlike ol' JC, this guy created the entire chinese civil code used up till the first decade of the 20th century. not bad for somebody on Mercury.
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