Ziggy, you will find that Google's projected earnings might feature China a lot. On Past figures, yes they can ditch China. But going forward?
The other factor of course is the effect the continued stay in China or not will have on the likes of Baidu. "This past June (alone), China had 338 million Internet users ...... By contrast, the United States had just under 200 million Internet users through 2008" from: http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/2010/0113/Can-Google-afford-to-leave-China -----Original Message----- From: David Ziggy Lubowa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 January 2010 14:31 To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: RE: [LUG] OT- Google and China > > 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]] > 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]> > 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://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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > -- > Dan > +256-071-2-552035 > > "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will > wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; > This > is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles." > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > cheers _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
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