At 14:23 17-02-02 -0600, you wrote: > > From: Steve Sloan II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 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. > >You have four choices for world dictator-world-emperor-overlord: > >1 SUN CEO Scott McNealy > >2 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison > >3 AOL TW chairman Ted Turner > >4 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates > >Who do you choose?
E. None of the above. -- Ronn! :)
