Comments on: Brin: Google's reroute to HK was suggested by Chinese government http://boingboing.net/2010/03/25/brin-googles-reroute.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JoshuaZ http://boingboing.net/2010/03/25/brin-googles-reroute.html#comment-744802 JoshuaZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744802 That article makes me think that the Chinese government is very divided about what to do. It sounds like some members of the government suggested this as a solution even as other parts of the government are calling this unacceptable. That article makes me think that the Chinese government is very divided about what to do. It sounds like some members of the government suggested this as a solution even as other parts of the government are calling this unacceptable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/25/brin-googles-reroute.html#comment-744837 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744837 Er, doesn't that sound like the sort of thing you might suggest if you wanted to watch all the people who want to use google unfiltered, and watch the carefully? Er, doesn’t that sound like the sort of thing you might suggest if you wanted to watch all the people who want to use google unfiltered, and watch the carefully?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/25/brin-googles-reroute.html#comment-744586 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744586 From reading the article, I can see where there was not only a moral case, but a potential business case for pulling out. Anyone who has worked in a tech firm has seen the Pareto Rule bite down: 20% of your clients generate 80% of your trouble, grindwork, and operating cost overruns. From the quote here about 1 in 5 meetings having China as a topic, it sounds like China, or at least the government of China, was one of those clients. Sometimes, there are customers that you end up dropping. From reading the article, I can see where there was not only a moral case, but a potential business case for pulling out. Anyone who has worked in a tech firm has seen the Pareto Rule bite down: 20% of your clients generate 80% of your trouble, grindwork, and operating cost overruns. From the quote here about 1 in 5 meetings having China as a topic, it sounds like China, or at least the government of China, was one of those clients.
Sometimes, there are customers that you end up dropping.

]]> By: niten http://boingboing.net/2010/03/25/brin-googles-reroute.html#comment-744652 niten Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744652 Wow...in retrospect, of course it was! Google says: look, we outsmarted China! China says: we showed those arrogant Westerners, trying to impose their values on us! Both sides save face, and meanwhile, business continues as usual! It's the most Chinese solution imaginable! Wow…in retrospect, of course it was! Google says: look, we outsmarted China! China says: we showed those arrogant Westerners, trying to impose their values on us! Both sides save face, and meanwhile, business continues as usual!

It’s the most Chinese solution imaginable!

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2010/03/25/brin-googles-reroute.html#comment-744668 teapot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744668 <i>Privately, some Silicon Valley executives say they are confused by the reversal based on moral arguments alone.</i> Probably because they are greedy assholes who are more interested in the bottom line than acting on principle. They just saw the $300 mil Google is losing through closing their China operation and started drooling. Privately, some Silicon Valley executives say they are confused by the reversal based on moral arguments alone.

Probably because they are greedy assholes who are more interested in the bottom line than acting on principle. They just saw the $300 mil Google is losing through closing their China operation and started drooling.

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