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chin:
Apparently it was a big news yesterday that Google is moving their simplified Chinese search engine to Hong Kong. Today, SCMP gives two spreads reporting on this. It's very rare that the newspaper gave two spreads on one item. I imagine only few times a year. So this show how important this is to SCMP's editors.

In a marco picture, historically there are some "one company against one country" type of contests. And seems in all these historic examples, the "one company" were almost always a proxy of the homeland government. Maybe this is the reason why some people think Google may preveal?

No matter how large a company is, there is no way you can fight the resources of a large country. In my mind it's almost certain that it was more than a business decision on Google side.

kido:

--- Quote from: chin on 24 March 2010, 12:20:17 ---Apparently it was a big news yesterday that Google is moving their simplified Chinese search engine to Hong Kong. Today, SCMP gives two spreads reporting on this. It's very rare that the newspaper gave two spreads on one item. I imagine only few times a year. So this show how important this is to SCMP's editors.

In a marco picture, historically there are some "one company against one country" type of contests. And seems in all these historic examples, the "one company" were almost always a proxy of the homeland government. Maybe this is the reason why some people think Google may preveal?

No matter how large a company is, there is no way you can fight the resources of a large country. In my mind it's almost certain that it was more than a business decision on Google side.

--- End quote ---

I do appreciate the bravenesses of the Big G, and well it does things that normal companies won't do.  And yes, it's almost certain that this act will fail sooner or later, and yet it continues to do it.  And there must be a big reason for that, people sitting on the Board are not dumb.  Maybe for a political reason, maybe some other reasons that could be translated to a business reason.

I hope the "don't be evil" still is the company motto of Google.  Or already a big Devil is already sitting deep inside it?

chin:

--- Quote from: kido on 29 March 2010, 01:12:39 ---I hope the "don't be evil" still is the company motto of Google.  Or already a big Devil is already sitting deep inside it?

--- End quote ---

I have not doubt their intention is Dont Be Evil.

But what's evil? Who's to judge?

Google by now has the largest privacy database ever collected in the history, any slightest misuse could be evil to many, but "research interest" to others. Yet anyone object to it cannot do/change anything. The company has absolute power in deciding what to do with your personal data.

Since when absolute power does not lead to something bad (even not outright evil)!?

kai:
I feel that mainland Chinese people is more and more ignorant in future.  They (including me)  could not visit most of the international websites like facebook, twitter, youtube, etc.  Now, no more google.  In mainland, when you talk with some people age below 40 about June 4th event, they consider you as a idiot or want to harm the reputation of the country in some ways.   Poor Chinese people, all the medias are controlled so tightly by the government, know nothing about outsides and even their own country!  Now, some body stand up and say no to Chinese government, I appreciate. 

chin:
I must be sounding like a Google hater now...  :o

And on this particular issue of Google "accidental collection of private communication data", I would like to say "I told you so!" because if I am in Google's shoes, I would have done the same. Why not, if I have the money and technologies.

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