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BlackBerry Battle In India Going Down To the Wire
crimeandpunishment writes "With just days before the deadline, BlackBerry's maker was shot down by India in its latest effort to avoid having its services cut off for about a million Indian users of the device. Research in Motion's effort to broaden the debate over data encryption were rejected. The Indian government wants access to users' emails. The head of a powerful industry group in India accused RIM of taking the wrong approach to negotiations, saying, 'It need not have escalated to this level. Folks like RIM have to understand business is done differently here.'"
I wonder which side will win...
crazy dynamite monkey
You say "we the people". Presumably you're referring to Americans. Why don't you open your eyes and mind to the fact that India IS NOT America! What a concept. That a society other than yours/ours may have different norms, different priorities, different attitudes. Has that ever occurred to you - that maybe not everyone is the same as you? That some people may think differently than you? Obviously not. You're a prime example of the Ugly American - an imperialistic pig that wants to impose his values on another. And I say this as an American. But I have also lived for three plus years in India. And here's a news flash for you: They are not the same as we are. When you live in a country that has been attacked as many times as India, with two nuclear powers as your next-door neighbors, you might think differently about some things. So do the world a favor and STFU about your limited beliefs and attitudes. Or, open your mind and eyes and start to realize that not everyone has the same views as some Americans do. Maybe then our standing in the world might improve.