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Author: | pcernie [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | Google 'may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack' |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8455712.stm I'd be amazed if Google gave up China tbh ![]() |
Author: | Blue_Nowhere [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Google 'may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack' |
This is a bit of an interesting one - the news here stated that Google may be asked to pull out if they now refuse to censor out the search results. They haven't named the government directly - but this would suggest they are pointing the finger. Being that Google only hold a third of the market in China would it really be a big step? Will Google even be able to operate there without censoring the results? |
Author: | pcernie [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Google 'may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack' |
It's that China seems to be such a big emerging market that makes me wonder why they'd pull out, when ostensibly the only way is up ![]() |
Author: | JJW009 [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:58 pm ] | |||||||||
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A third of the market is still over 100 million users. That's more than any country in Europe, and it's growing fast. If they stop censoring the .cn version, then they'll be firewalled. They may as well just turn it off. Of course, a lot of people in China do know how to get around the firewall, but they can use the .com instead of .cn anyway so they won't be effected. Some of my friends' websites are unavailable in China, and there's nothing subversive about them at all. One of them was an "educational vacation in London" site specifically aimed at the Chinese market selling residential language courses. The great firewall can be quite troublesome for such ventures. |
Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:07 pm ] | |||||||||
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Author: | pcernie [ Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:22 am ] | |||||||||
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/35 ... t-of-china Have to say I agree with Ballmer for the most part here, especially since the WH seems to be keen on supporting Google's slightly odd comments ![]() |
Author: | Linux_User [ Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:53 am ] | |||||||||
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"WOOOO!" "I LOVE THIS MONEY!!!!" I'm glad Google are choosing principles over profit and are pulling out of China, I only wish they'd decided not to go in in the first place. |
Author: | pcernie [ Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Google 'may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack' |
The real reason Google wants out of China http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... ina-663880 Entertaining and interesting that ![]() |
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