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Re: Microsoft, HP fail to back Google's China move

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____/ nessuno on Friday 15 Jan 2010 01:28 : \____

> <Quote>
> The chief executives of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have declined to
> back Google's threat to pull out of China over censorship and
> cyberattacks...
> 
> Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer described Google's row with
> China as "the Google problem," the FT said, while Mark Hurd, CEO of
> computer maker HP, called China "an amazing market with tremendous
> growth."
> 
> "Every large institution is being hacked," [especially those that use
> Internet Explorer] the newspaper quoted Ballmer as saying. "I don't
> think it's a fundamental change in the security environment on the
> Internet."
> 
> ...The FT quoted Ballmer as saying China represents a big business
> opportunity for Microsoft as it tries to persuade more people who use
> pirated copies of its software to pay for it....
> 
> White House spokesman Robert Gibbs confirmed on Wednesday that
> President Barack Obama's administration had held talks with Google.
> </Quote>
> 
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jt0vacUCW76Q3mv-vjJuNpEBPDxA

Remember that Gates is a friend of the China regime and McCain recommended
Ballmer for Chinese ambassador position.

Microsoft and China are similar. They don't tolerate contest and they repress.

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