BBC: Microsoft considers China policy

[blackhorse]

Microsoft considers China policy

A senior executive for Microsoft has said the firm could pull out of non-democratic countries such as China.

Fred Tipson, senior policy counsel for the computer giant, said concerns over the repressive regime might force it to reconsider its business in China.

"Things are getting bad... and perhaps we have to look again at our presence there," he told a conference in Athens.

"We have to decide if the persecuting of bloggers reaches a point that it's unacceptable to do business there."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6102180.stm

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Wow, one repressive giant is unhappy with another . . .

[meegbear]

1. Yeah, they should be like Apple and just make iPods made there

[MADem]

2. Uh, ya can't be "a little bit pregnant" in this instance

Ideological purity can be taken to extremes with some issues, but you're either with the censors or against them in this instance.

Cisco was attacked at the forum for selling equipment to police in China, while Microsoft has been criticised for allegedly censoring blogs in the country. ... Human rights activists are concerned that the technology is being misused by some governments to track the online activities of people and to filter dissident comment.