Comments on: Google Is Sellout.com http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:48:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joe Campbell http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113934 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:30:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113934 from the Washington Post:
“Google’s answer to the China dilemma is better, and more subtle, than that of other Internet firms. It does not simply assert that engagement with China is always good. It recognizes the arms race between China’s repressive state power and China’s liberating economic growth, and it accepts the conclusion that follows: Some forms of engagement hasten liberal trends; others empower jailers.”

the point is Google didn’t sell out; they made a tough compromise, but the best they could in a difficult situation. the Great Firewall of China is already in place; and Google made sure it would not be asked to turn over dissidents as Yahoo! did; it made sure it would let users know when their results are censored.

Google hasn’t strayed from its ideals–it made a practical compromise which is very different than selling out.

]]> By: Mull http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113933 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:31:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113933 Hmmm, working with China, resisting the US Govt and missing your earnings estimate. Not been a good couple of weeks for Google.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113932 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:24:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113932 Saying a human rights issue is beyond a company is a slippery slope. Companies that cooperated with the Axis during WWII have all long since admitted it was wrong and payed reparations. What will Google and others say when China’s totalitarian government falls and people accuse them of having supported that government? Either you have principles or you don’t. It’s not like either Google or Microsoft would go broke if they didn’t sell to China, it is about them wanting to make MORE money.

]]> By: khabri http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113931 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:23:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113931 FreeSpeech issue in China is beyond Microsoft or Google. But I should commend this bold measure by the Chinese authorities since they don’t want any hurdles in their growing economy. Once they are a developed nation, they will liberalize the media.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113930 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:55:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113930 not sure, but egg roll does sound like a good name to me!

]]> By: Richard Curry http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113929 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:09:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113929 funny thing is, I know the guy that owns eggroll.com, wonder how much traffic he’s seeing today :)

]]> By: Netanel Jacobsson http://gigaom.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113928 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:50:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/31/google-is-selloutcom/#comment-113928 Well, that is why Maxthon is working with Baidu in China…

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