Comments on: Don’t bother searching for “Tianenmen Square” (updated) http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:31:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Computerworld Blogs http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-230 Computerworld Blogs Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:35:34 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-230 <strong>Google </strong> In today's IT Blogwatch, we look at Google's kowtow -- or should that be "doing business"? Not to mention a poem about technology... What's this we hear? Google kowtowing to government pressure -- not the US but the Chinese government (as ... Google

In today’s IT Blogwatch, we look at Google’s kowtow — or should that be "doing business"? Not to mention a poem about technology…
What’s this we hear? Google kowtowing to government pressure — not the US but the Chinese government (as …

]]> By: Detour http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-229 Detour Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:31:53 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-229 <strong>Do No Evil...</strong> For the most part I think of Google as a indisputably first-class company. I have trouble thinking of criticisms of the company …that is until this week. Google has every right to enter any agreements that it sees fit. I love the free market syste... Do No Evil…

For the most part I think of Google as a indisputably first-class company. I have trouble thinking of criticisms of the company …that is until this week. Google has every right to enter any agreements that it sees fit. I love the free market syste…

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-226 Mathew Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:18:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-226 I would agree that companies have to do certain things in order to grow their business, and I would even agree with Sergey that Google being in China is probably better in the long run than not being there -- but what I think it points out is how difficult it is to have a motto like "Don't be evil" when you're a gigantic multinational corporation. It's a lot easier to pull off when you're just a little startup. You'll notice that the oil industry and the U.S. government don't have a motto like that :-) In that sense, Larry and Sergey have made their bed, and now they have to lie in it. I would agree that companies have to do certain things in order to grow their business, and I would even agree with Sergey that Google being in China is probably better in the long run than not being there — but what I think it points out is how difficult it is to have a motto like “Don’t be evil” when you’re a gigantic multinational corporation. It’s a lot easier to pull off when you’re just a little startup. You’ll notice that the oil industry and the U.S. government don’t have a motto like that :-) In that sense, Larry and Sergey have made their bed, and now they have to lie in it.

]]> By: Stuart MacDonald http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-225 Stuart MacDonald Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:11:57 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-225 Yeah, and the Saudis and Venezuelans aren't the swellest, but they have all that oil, sooo... C'mon guys. It ain't pretty, but you swallow hard and do what you have to do. A major online player without a .cn "on principle" makes about as much sense as Canucks enjoying mojitos in Cuba while the Yanks can only send their prisoners there. Roll with the punches, get on with your day. -- Stuart Yeah, and the Saudis and Venezuelans aren’t the swellest, but they have all that oil, sooo…

C’mon guys. It ain’t pretty, but you swallow hard and do what you have to do. A major online player without a .cn “on principle” makes about as much sense as Canucks enjoying mojitos in Cuba while the Yanks can only send their prisoners there.

Roll with the punches, get on with your day.

– Stuart

]]> By: Steve http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-224 Steve Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:00:44 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/25/dont-bother-searching-for-tianenmen-square/#comment-224 This sort of thing really bugs me and I guess it's something all the major tech companies will do, but still, it scares me. This sort of thing really bugs me and I guess it’s something all the major tech companies will do, but still, it scares me.

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