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April 12, 2006
Eric Schmidt needs a civics lesson
Google Chief Says It Won't Fight Chinese Censorship (from the New York Times):
"I think it's arrogant for us to walk into a country where we are just beginning operations and tell that country how to run itself," Mr. Schmidt said during a question-and-answer session with reporters from foreign news organizations.
Schmidt talks as if the Chinese government is "the country", and actually represents the values of the people that live there. That is the very issue upon which the American Revolution was fought, and it's an issue that Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and a slew of others ignore in pursuit of new markets.
There's nothing new about this - it's the typical excuse that CEOs use, and they're just doing they're job. That said, maybe it's time to retire the "don't be evil" crap. Lying about your "principles" is what's evil.
Posted by jeffy at April 12, 2006 02:35 PM