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God, what a cheap shot

Not only is Farber's column a cheap shot, it smacks of hypocrisy, opportunism, and either a lack of knowledge of world affairs or a purposeful ignorance of what has been going in China for the last few decades.

I suppose for Farber it is a perfect opportunity to slam the philanthropy of Gates because when the Time cover came out, Gates had given way too much time and money for any negative criticism to stick. Wonderful touch with the cover reproduction by the way...

But rather then go into more details why not put it this way.

Microsoft (and Googele) are bad for working with and under the Chinese governments rules. So, lets boycott both companies. But while we are at and to be fair, let's boycott the rest of the industries and/or companies that work under the same Chinese government. Of course we might be shooting ourselves in the foot since, if we do boycott them, we shouldn't...
Do any banking
Buy insurance including healthcare insurance
Eat
Drive cars and trucks
Use computers or networks
Enjoy fast food
Buy proprietary software
Buy open source software
Wear clothes or shoes
Fly

I'm sure this the short list, but slamming Google and MS is almost absurd in face the hundreds of American business/industry profiting from China. And who have been doing so for decades.


Oh...add another one to the list. Ziff Davis, who has joint publishing ventures with China.

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