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Old 01-31-2006, 02:08 PM   #7
tweriaroats

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What upsets me - and prehaps it shouldn't - is that faced with its first difficult moral decision Google took the easy route out. As one blogger said, it's like watching Anekin grow into Darth Vader.

It doesn't suprise me that other comapnies do it. Indeed, most textiles producers have to do it to remain competitive. But for Google, a company that has been brilliantly selling a service based on trust, to do it smacks of short-term profiteering.
Well, it's not really a moral decision, is it? Google is essentially a commercial service. No one is going to sponsor your search results if they are not approved by the Chinese government (not approved =censored =no one can see). Besides, China has a massive potential market - just look at the internet population growth in the past 5 years - no one can really stop doing business in there..!
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