Good point. Luckily, I just can't imagine Google doing that, but that would be a concern about a lot of other companies. I was going to make a point about fear of being totally taken over by the government a deterrent for a company considering moving HQ to China, but that's already likely to happen in the US now...
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian < [email protected]> wrote: > According to CIA word fact book China has around 300 Million internet > users. That probably 25% of china's population with tremendous expansion > potential. Entire US population is around 300 Million. Recently, China has > invested a lot of money developing its infrastructure to accommodate in > country R&D. Given all this, if there is a restrictive law that penalizes US > based companies for obeying laws in other countries, isn't it easier for > companies to pull out of US and move their operations to China? Hasn't this > happened to manufacturing sector already? > > -- > Karthik Poobalasubramanian > Louisiana Board of Regents > [email protected] > [email protected] > (225) 341-5855 > skype: poobal > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > Filtering out results on the order of China.. > > > > --- > > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tim Fournet > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:50 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights > > > > I don't see where it bans companies from doing business in China, just > where it imposes penalties on companies who violate human rights. > > So-- > > Opening a hamburger stand in China - OK > > Installing listening devices in your hamburger stand and handing the > tapes over to the Chinese government - Not so much. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Keith Stokes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would say that it does, but the bigger question is what's the "right" > answer? "Make the world a better place" or "make more money"? > > > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > > The more I think of this, the more I wonder. It makes a good statement, > but does it put US companies at a very big disadvantage globally? > > > > --- > > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dustin Puryear > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 8:49 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights > > > > Now, this may be a good idea: > > > > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/190579/senator_to_introduce_internet_human_rights_bill.html > > > > The basic idea: The law "would impose criminal or civil penalties on U.S. > Internet companies that bow to pressure of foreign governments and violate > human rights." > > > > Still, this creates a cache-22. This would essentially bar US companies > from competing in markets like China, which are huge. So would this put our > companies at a long-term disadvantage? > > > > Perhaps this law makes more sense if it applies to *ANY* company that > operates in the US. > > > > --- > > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > -- > > > > Keith Stokes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
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