For now google can afford to ditch china. It is a key emerging market though so i think they are manuvering for the future.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Douglas Onyango <[email protected]>wrote: > Like you mention and has has been vindicated by the rise in stock, leaving > China itself can be be a plus for Google. The confidence that now many other > people have that google will not succumb to pressure can and will give them > more business from the rest of the world as well Chinese outside the country > and those who can traverse firewalls from the inside :-). > > > Regards, > Douglas Onyango +256(0712)981329 > Life is the educators practical joke in which you spend the first half > learning, and the second half learning that everything you learned in the > first was wrong. > > --- On *Fri, 1/15/10, David Ziggy Lubowa <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: David Ziggy Lubowa <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [LUG] OT- Google and China > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 2:30 PM > > > > > > > But the real question though is, can Google afford to loose the China? > > They actually can , Less than 2 percent of Google’s $21.8 billion in > revenue came from China last year, according to Jefferies & Co. Google > rose $2.76 to $589.85 yesterday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The stock has > almost doubled in the past year. > > You have to cultivate good relationships with the government, so i we > would therefore assume Google is not really making so much money in china > and can therefore leave it or do what they want. > > > > > > > > Regards; > > > > Thomas. > > > > > > > > Thomas Bbosa , CISSP > > > > > > > > BitWork Technologies (U) Ltd > > Plot 135, UMA show Grounds -Lugogo > > P.O.BOX 851, Kampala, Uganda > > > > Tel: +256-414-579099 > > > > Mob: +256-782480878 > > > > Fax: +256-414-289218 > > > > Website: <http://www.bitworktech.com/> http://www.bitworktech.com > > > > _____ > > > > From: Daniel Bwente > > [mailto:[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > ] > > Sent: 15 January 2010 12:25 > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > > Subject: Re: [LUG] OT- Google and China > > > > > > > > Insight on the attack Vectors used to hit Google and others, > > > > > http://siblog.mcafee.com/cto/operation-%E2%80%9Caurora%E2%80%9D-hit-google-o > > thers/ > > > > Operation "Aurora" > > I am sure you are wondering about the name "Aurora." Based on our > > analysis, > > "Aurora" was part of the filepath on the attacker's machine that was > > included in two of the malware binaries that we have confirmed are > > associated with the attack. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Niles Collins > > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > As much as the US needs China for that credit line, China needs the US > > because we buy all their products. If the US stopped buying Chinese made > > products and China called in the debt owed by the US I think that China > > would blink first. This might turn into the beginning of that struggle. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]> > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). 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