Ballmer and Gates Defend Microsoft in China – General

yro.slashdot.org — "Mr. Ballmer has recently posted on the official Microsoft blog discussing future business in China and defending Microsoft's stance of cooperating with the government even as other large IT companies have begun making public condemnations (Google and Twitter being the most prominent). Couple this with Bill Gate's speech on China's censorship being not all that bad (a speech very well received by Chinese media) and you've got people wondering: Is Microsoft aiming to take Google's place in China?"

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Ryan 2 years 1 week ago

The thing I think is really interesting in all of this is how underplayed the fact that many of Google's products are blocked already. Twitter is in the same boat. Microsoft sits on a high chair simply because no one has thrown dirt in their eye and said, "take it bitch."

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