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Microsoft is in China for the long haul
SOFTWARE IMPERIALIST Microsoft intends to stick to its guns and keep its empire running in China despite Google's diplomatic shenanigans, according to Reuters.
We reported last month that the usually foot-in-mouth prone Steve Ballmer was surprisingly circumspect when Google said it would cease operations in China. The Vole's CEO called the incident a "Google Problem" that didn't affect any other companies with interests in the Chinese market.
In an interview with Reuters, Zhang Yaqin, chairman of Microsoft's Asia-Pacific R&D group, said Microsoft is in China for the long haul. He said, "Regardless of whether or not Google stays, we will aggressively promote our search and cloud computing in China."
"We hope to achieve a relatively important place in the China search market. We hope to achieve a relatively important place in the China search market. But we must be very patient; we still need a lot of time," he said.
Microsoft has a big promotion job to do with its own search technologies and a reinvigorated mobile software business if it wants to exploit the critical success of Window Phone 7 Series. If the Vole wants to spend about £331.1 million on research and development in China this year it needs to make sure someone is willing to take its cash. µ
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It is nice to see Microsoft guaranteeing its unconditional dedication to China.
"Noting that most countries exert some sort of control over information, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Friday his company must comply with the laws and customs of any country where it does business..."(1)
So, if China disregards human rights, if they hack into mail systems, steal human rights activists' personal data, then hunt them down and exterminate them, Microsoft will be right there to help them. China do anything now, and Microsoft has stated they will be right at their side.
If they change the laws of the land to require any companies doing business in China to furnish personal information on human rights activists or other citizens of interest in the USA (or other countries), Microsoft's statement indicates they will then continue to abide by the laws of China in order to be faithful business partners.
Ballmer is a man of his word, as long as there is a buck to be made, and competitors to extinguish.
And Bill Gates parrots the same line (2).
Makes you proud to be an American.
(1) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/china-loves-ballmer-hates-google-rails-against-us.ars
(2) http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60O33O20100125
"If the Vole wants to spend about £331.1 million on research and development in China this year it needs to make sure someone is willing to take its cash. µ"