Apologies, I was working off news articles here in the UK and they're stating that there was no access to Google. It is possible that they're incorrect. If what you say is the case then Google were acting to preserve the option to use their service or leave the Chinese to use another web-browser (still censored). I still think it is the best (non-evil, but not optimal) option to have the Chinese people retain Google and Google have in no way infringed in there 'No Evil' policy.
Ok, they now censor results. China didn't *have* google before. Now they do.
Why punish the Chinese by not offering the google service because of a restricive government?
I don't think what they did was evil (but not the optimal result either) they can now use a proven, tested and successful search engine for their country.
And governments change over a period of time. I'd say google exec's are as eager and the Chinese to have unrestricted searching.
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Should be a laugh when the fire works go off at the half time show.
Of course it's got bugs -- it's IE!
Apologies, I was working off news articles here in the UK and they're stating that there was no access to Google. It is possible that they're incorrect. If what you say is the case then Google were acting to preserve the option to use their service or leave the Chinese to use another web-browser (still censored). I still think it is the best (non-evil, but not optimal) option to have the Chinese people retain Google and Google have in no way infringed in there 'No Evil' policy.
Ok, they now censor results. China didn't *have* google before. Now they do. Why punish the Chinese by not offering the google service because of a restricive government? I don't think what they did was evil (but not the optimal result either) they can now use a proven, tested and successful search engine for their country. And governments change over a period of time. I'd say google exec's are as eager and the Chinese to have unrestricted searching.