Comments on: Google and Free Speech http://6ampacific.com/2010/01/14/google-and-free-speech/ Meandering Musings on Globalization Wed, 09 May 2012 17:39:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ved http://6ampacific.com/2010/01/14/google-and-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-16703 Ved Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:11:54 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=653#comment-16703 Hi, I find it very difficult to digest this 'sacrifice on principle' thing. Google knew they have to abide by 'china law' before they decide to enter the China market. If principle was to dear to them, they should not have entered the market. probably they thought market to too big to think about principles. It is only when they realized that though market is big they are not going to be largest player so not significant revenue all the principle things become important. In my view, as usual this is very amercian view of looking at things, as long as you are benefitting it is not a violation of principle, but when they decided to withdraw it become principle issue. Regards, Ved Hi,
I find it very difficult to digest this ‘sacrifice on principle’ thing. Google knew they have to abide by ‘china law’ before they decide to enter the China market. If principle was to dear to them, they should not have entered the market. probably they thought market to too big to think about principles.

It is only when they realized that though market is big they are not going to be largest player so not significant revenue all the principle things become important.

In my view, as usual this is very amercian view of looking at things, as long as you are benefitting it is not a violation of principle, but when they decided to withdraw it become principle issue.
Regards,
Ved

]]> By: PS , India http://6ampacific.com/2010/01/14/google-and-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-16689 PS , India Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:44:44 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=653#comment-16689 I think the basic issue is backstabbing. Something nobody likes, but a very normal phenomena in corporate life. Four years back, Google , in good faith agreed to censure content, so that there could be a start in a relationship. But four years down, that trust seems to have been broken. Hence Google's reaction to attacks on its infrastructure is to pull the plug, though both do not seem related. That, I think is the core issue. PS I think the basic issue is backstabbing. Something nobody likes, but a very normal phenomena in corporate life.

Four years back, Google , in good faith agreed to censure content, so that there could be a start in a relationship. But four years down, that trust seems to have been broken. Hence Google's reaction to attacks on its infrastructure is to pull the plug, though both do not seem related.

That, I think is the core issue.

PS

]]> By: Roopesh http://6ampacific.com/2010/01/14/google-and-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-16687 Roopesh Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:09:20 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=653#comment-16687 There are more aspects to Google's pullout from China that are coming out in public this week: - Sergey Brin, a refugee from the repression of Communist Soviet Russia, was not in favor of Google's compromise with the Chinese right from the beginning. - Google is facing privacy concerns with the concentration of personal data on their servers; and this was a good way to show that it is going to protect it's users. - Finally China has been pushing Google out anyways to make way for indigenous search engines; and this intrusion was the right button to push. They have the money to invest in indigenous technologies so once the know-how and technical skills are available, the foreign competitors can be kicked out and the large market value captured by local companies. See: <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/14/chinas_foreign_internet_purge" target="_blank">http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/14/...</a> There are more aspects to Google's pullout from China that are coming out in public this week:

- Sergey Brin, a refugee from the repression of Communist Soviet Russia, was not in favor of Google's compromise with the Chinese right from the beginning.

- Google is facing privacy concerns with the concentration of personal data on their servers; and this was a good way to show that it is going to protect it's users.

- Finally China has been pushing Google out anyways to make way for indigenous search engines; and this intrusion was the right button to push. They have the money to invest in indigenous technologies so once the know-how and technical skills are available, the foreign competitors can be kicked out and the large market value captured by local companies. See:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/14/…

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