Actually - the original article referred to a city/state employee (no mention of that in the quote) - that's relevent because if you've ever worked for the government - you'll know that it's not as simple to fire a person.
Most of us work in an "employment at will" environment - where they don't need to establish a good reason to fire.
-Mike
Yes, but so do Coca Cola, Pepsi, Ikea, you name it - they do business in China - we goods from them as well - you can't escape it. China kills people for porn - and I'm sure there are publishers who send goods to China - sans what China would consider porn.
Not saying I agree with them, just saying that it wouldn't be practical to boycott every company that does business with them.
Um - ok.
I don't see the big deal in google following the laws of whatever region they operate in. We all utilize goods that would be illegal to produce here (child labor, pollution, labor laws) - we don't seem to complain. There are certain games that can't be published or sold in Germany - I don't see anyone boycotting EA or Activision when they comply. It just makes me appreciate where we are all the more.
Get over it - it's a global economy and that means different rules in different places.
I doubt that the issues are technical. All of the interested parties have something to gain from their format winning so they aren't going to cancel themselves out by putting out a "do-it-all".
This all sounds just like the guy who argued about there being no discernable difference between MS Write and MS Word while typing - oh wait, no one ever said that because it would be stupid to say.
-Mike
Thinking about this the other day - I looked over my DVD collection and made a mental note of how many times I watched each of the movies I paid for. My logic was that I would have to watch most movies more than 4 times to really benefit from ownership (guessing I pay about $20 per DVD). In the end - my entire collection was a loss - most of my movies I haven't watched more than twice - not that I don't like them, I do - but there are so many other things to watch between the Tivo and DVD that it's not possible.
Using this logic - $900 for an HDDVD player = I could watch 225 HDTV movies via PPV or On Demand before it even became a consideration - not to mention all of the content I would get on Showtime or HBO HD. I know ownershp has it's merits but I think I'm ready to kick the habit and leave the spot empty on my home theatre rack.
Just my opinion.
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Actually - the original article referred to a city/state employee (no mention of that in the quote) - that's relevent because if you've ever worked for the government - you'll know that it's not as simple to fire a person. Most of us work in an "employment at will" environment - where they don't need to establish a good reason to fire. -Mike
Yes, but so do Coca Cola, Pepsi, Ikea, you name it - they do business in China - we goods from them as well - you can't escape it. China kills people for porn - and I'm sure there are publishers who send goods to China - sans what China would consider porn. Not saying I agree with them, just saying that it wouldn't be practical to boycott every company that does business with them.
Um - ok. I don't see the big deal in google following the laws of whatever region they operate in. We all utilize goods that would be illegal to produce here (child labor, pollution, labor laws) - we don't seem to complain. There are certain games that can't be published or sold in Germany - I don't see anyone boycotting EA or Activision when they comply. It just makes me appreciate where we are all the more. Get over it - it's a global economy and that means different rules in different places.
I doubt that the issues are technical. All of the interested parties have something to gain from their format winning so they aren't going to cancel themselves out by putting out a "do-it-all".
This all sounds just like the guy who argued about there being no discernable difference between MS Write and MS Word while typing - oh wait, no one ever said that because it would be stupid to say. -Mike
Thinking about this the other day - I looked over my DVD collection and made a mental note of how many times I watched each of the movies I paid for. My logic was that I would have to watch most movies more than 4 times to really benefit from ownership (guessing I pay about $20 per DVD). In the end - my entire collection was a loss - most of my movies I haven't watched more than twice - not that I don't like them, I do - but there are so many other things to watch between the Tivo and DVD that it's not possible. Using this logic - $900 for an HDDVD player = I could watch 225 HDTV movies via PPV or On Demand before it even became a consideration - not to mention all of the content I would get on Showtime or HBO HD. I know ownershp has it's merits but I think I'm ready to kick the habit and leave the spot empty on my home theatre rack. Just my opinion.