maybe there just isn't any money to be made there without problems that threaten Google's reputation that it cashes in with elsewhere.
Good question. I doubt that the cost in loss of goodwill exceeds potential revenue in China. Which in turn means that there might be something else at play. Does Google want to play hardball with China? Is it concerned that the external costs of doing business in China (exposed servers, lots of red tape, etc) outweighs the revenue it gets from being available in China?
Either which way, I'm going to follow this. I doubt that much will change - but the various exchanges and discussions that come up around this should make for a good read.
China Government is surely not my idea of respect to anybody. The more they are isolated and the more that play hardball with them, the better.
And: bought one and have a misterious spiderweb appear on the LCD. I protect the thing like gold, and Apple say I smashed it. Googled it....lots of people with this problem and the MBA specific.
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maybe there just isn't any money to be made there without problems that threaten Google's reputation that it cashes in with elsewhere.
Good question. I doubt that the cost in loss of goodwill exceeds potential revenue in China. Which in turn means that there might be something else at play. Does Google want to play hardball with China? Is it concerned that the external costs of doing business in China (exposed servers, lots of red tape, etc) outweighs the revenue it gets from being available in China?
Either which way, I'm going to follow this. I doubt that much will change - but the various exchanges and discussions that come up around this should make for a good read.
China Government is surely not my idea of respect to anybody. The more they are isolated and the more that play hardball with them, the better.
And: bought one and have a misterious spiderweb appear on the LCD. I protect the thing like gold, and Apple say I smashed it. Googled it....lots of people with this problem and the MBA specific.
What about thhe Nokia N800. Great little computer. Love it.