http://www.newsome.org/2006/01/googles-china-game/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsome.org/2006/01/googles-china-game/comment-page-1/#comment-5011 Mathew Ingram Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:04:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=2614#comment-5011 Kent:As I said in a response to a comment on my blog, there's no question that companies have to do certain things in order to grow their business, and I would even agree with Sergey that Google being in China is probably better in the long run than not being there -- but I think what all this points out is how problematic it is to have a motto like "Don't be evil" when you're a gigantic multinational corporation. It's a lot easier to pull off when you're just a little startup. In that sense, Larry and Sergey have made their bed, and now they have to lie in it. Kent:As I said in a response to a comment on my blog, there’s no question that companies have to do certain things in order to grow their business, and I would even agree with Sergey that Google being in China is probably better in the long run than not being there — but I think what all this points out is how problematic it is to have a motto like “Don’t be evil” when you’re a gigantic multinational corporation. It’s a lot easier to pull off when you’re just a little startup. In that sense, Larry and Sergey have made their bed, and now they have to lie in it.

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