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Microsoft Considers Pulling Out of China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-windows-for-you dept.

icefaerie writes to let us know that a senior executive for Microsoft has said the firm could pull out of non-democratic countries such as China. From the article: "Fred Tipson, senior policy counsel for the computer giant, said concerns over the repressive regime might force it to reconsider its business in China. 'Things are getting bad... and perhaps we have to look again at our presence there,' he told a conference in Athens."

2 of 443 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Ethics by z0idberg · · Score: 2, Informative

    Talk is cheap.

    A one-liner from a senior policy counsel isn't exactly a firm commitment.

  2. Re:correction by PsychicX · · Score: 2, Informative

    This article is about MSN and blogs and the like, not their software business. They're considering turning off all of the MSN services to China, rather than succumbing and doing filtering as the government pleases (looking at you Google), and rather than turning over bloggers to the government (looking at you Yahoo).

    They know perfectly well they don't any significant software revenue in China, and they're at least open about it inside the company.