[ExI] Don't be evil

[BillK]

On 3/23/10, Dan wrote:
> A little quibble: "capitalism" doesn't do anything. (Neither does
> "socialism.") People do things. In this case, they did them seemingly
> through a market choice.
>
>

'choice' ???
Looks to me that Google made a massive error of judgment concerning
the Chinese market. They saw a huge market and decided they wanted
some of that. But Google's business relies on freedom of advertising,
payments, -- capitalism, really. They assumed that China would quickly
change to accommodate their business plan. But China thinks long-term.
Microsoft is in China, but is prepared to wait fifty years. Google isn't.


BillK