Dag Richards wrote:
Marc Balmer wrote:
I live in Switzerland. Do I give a fuckin' rats ass for US Export
Regulations?
Not care about US Export Regs?
But that just means you want the terrorists to win.
After all our President is your President right?
I think nearly everyone here is fully aware of how American influence
affects the rest of the world. Using American laws as a scape goat to
try and pump personal information out of developers steps right into the
deep end of unreasonable legal wrangling. Hifn should realize that their
target market is interested in keeping information safe and private,
rather than exploiting developers for private information and using
inapplicable law as a sort of defacto shield against trouble with their
government. It only diminishes their reputation and perceived
trustworthiness in the eyes of customers, many of whom are making or
influencing the purchasing decisions for large foreign or multinational
organizations.
This is just another symptom of the US slide towards isolationism.
External competitive pressures are increasing every year and many
American institutions, both in government and private sector, are
seeking to restrict the trade of goods and ideas as a band aid to fix
the problem. The terrorist attacks of 2001 merely provided the powers
that be the excuse they needed to push isolationism further down the
throats of the American people.
Anyone who has been paying attention to China in the last ten years will
have a very good idea of where this type of policy is going to lead the
US economy. The sickest part is how China uses it's excess foreign
currency to buy American debt instruments, thereby encouraging low
interest rates in the US so that the American people can buy more
Chinese goods at Wal-Mart. We may soon see the last remaining super
power of the previous century decline into obscurity. Another decade
will tell us for sure.
Ahem. Sorry about that. Slightly off topic. :)
Breeno
