Gautam Mukunda wrote: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/922dgmtd.asp
> I don't really have the technical background to assess some > of the claims made here. Nick? You probably have some > experience with the issues involved. Anyone else? It seems > to be a pretty strong rebuttal to the techno-utopians. According to the article, Cisco, Yahoo!, AOL, and SUN have bent over backwards (and metaphorically spread their legs? :-( ) and put in some hard work to help the Chinese government repress and monitor Chinese internet usage. If a corporation is legally considered a person for some purposes, can it also be tried for treason? Believe it or not, Microsoft actually showed a little heroism in this area: > When Chinese authorities ordered Microsoft to surrender its > software's underlying source codes--the keys to encryption-- > as the price of doing business there, Microsoft chose to > fight, spearheading an unprecedented Beijing-based coalition > of American, Japanese, and European Chambers of Commerce. > Faced with being left behind technologically, the Chinese > authorities dropped their demands. ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloan ......... Huntsville, Alabama =========> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages ........................ http://brinlist.sloan3d.com Chmeee's POV-Ray Objects ................... http://chmeee.sloan3d.com 3D and Drawing Galleries .................. http://www.sloansteady.com Software ................ Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans ......................... http://www.sloan3d.com
