R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
> Han Boetes wrote:
>
> | If we keep a neutral stance and keep the taiwanese flag we will be
> | boycotted anyway.
>
> (This is a reply to everybody, not only to Han)
>
> The situation is
>
> 1. If it's just average joe downloading MDK from mirrors, then those
> Chinese officials don't care. Mandrake doesn't need to do anything, and
> there's no reason to do anything.
>
> 2. If Mandrake wants to sell it commercially in mainland China like RH
> do, then need to provide a no-flag kdebase/kdelibs in boxset sold in
> mainland China, to avoid problem.
>
> I'm not sure why everybody keeps blowing hot air to this subject,
> without considering that what Mandrake concerned most is market share
> and profit for now. Whether this 'problem' should be fixed or not
> depends on Mdk sales and marketing decision, and not on any single
> person's supporting/opposition of any politics.
>
> Abel
>
> |
> |
> |
> | # Han
>
>
> --
> Abel Cheung
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Morals and ethics be damned as long as you have have a healthy bottom
line. Isn't there another large software company that takes that same
approach. If it's not correct for them to do it...
There is a reason some of us use and promote free (as in freedom)
software and it's not to cater to those who would take that freedom away.
Don't like dealing with politics--move to another planet.
--
Brant Fitzsimmons
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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident."
-Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
