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People on HN and everywhere else are the ones that are spinning things in their own head. I wrote the same thing you did the day the news broke out on HN. Peop
by codexon 17y ago
People on HN and everywhere else are the ones that are spinning things in their own head.
I wrote the same thing you did the day the news broke out on HN. People thought that I was wrong, and that Google was going to withdraw voluntarily. They downvoted me to around -5 before some of the more rational people bounced it back up.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1050881 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1050881
- joe_the_user 17y agoI don't think you're writing the same thing as I am now. The WSJ gives a rather different message than Google originally did. I don't believe that's in the mind of HN. I would like to know if the WSJ has any concrete information to justify this different message. I read your original post and I disagree. Google was definitely saying they would take an action (refusing to censor their search results) which would probably result in their withdrawal from China. Whether they meant it or whether they would stick to that position is a different question. But you were wrong then about Google's statement and you're wrong now if you're still defending your previous claim. The only thing I've read Google saying, all along, is "we don't want to leave but we'll probably be forced to leave". It's a bit subtle but it's the way every large corporation approaches kinds of situations.