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This isn't just about earning market share in China. Just about any organization that operates in China (or hopes to) has a vested interest in, e.g., having rel
by Steuard 12y ago
This isn't just about earning market share in China. Just about any organization that operates in China (or hopes to) has a vested interest in, e.g., having reliable email access there. If your company uses Google products for email, etc., then these days you'll have some real challenges making them work for folks over there. Microsoft can capture a lot of American business that way. (Concrete fears about employees losing crucial access tend to outweigh philosophical arguments about government surveillance when folks sit down to make these decisions.)