Yahoo! lambasted over Chinese Journo stitch up - bit-tech.net Forums

The_Pope · 8th Sep 2005, 14:33

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/09...nese_sitch_up/

Petor · 8th Sep 2005, 14:47

hahaha i havent used yahoo for YEARS anyway

Flibblebot · 8th Sep 2005, 15:19

Same here - difficult to boycott something you don't actually use

In terms of the wider picture (notwithstanding the fact that these are allegations and didn't offer any proof that I could see), there are so many companies worldwide that indulge in "ethically corrupt behaviour" - if we boycotted them all, we'd never get any work done

Master Ninja · 8th Sep 2005, 15:22

I don't see how this is cutting a deal. They're assuming that an American company in China would be operating under American business laws, which isn't the case at all. Hey guess what! In communist countries, the government influences business, not the other way around!

boggsi · 8th Sep 2005, 16:14

Was the dude that got banged up actually chinese? Living in china... If so yea master ninja has a point, but else I would gladly enact a boycott

MiNiMaL_FuSS · 8th Sep 2005, 18:04

a corperation trying to get into the ever growing chinese market can hardly say 'no' to the chinese goverment when they make a request within the law.

yahoo did what anyone else would have done, may not be ethical but most business isnt.

Kipman725 · 8th Sep 2005, 19:38

If I were in charge of yahoo, I would have never expanded into china... It's not worth it but I'm not and the only alternative I see is pulling out of china. A choice that would lose the leaders of that company their jobs. Life is unfair and I support what that journolist did but our culture is such that yahoo once in china had no choice.

I think what cisco did is much worse... setting up the worlds largest censorship system.

TheEclypse · 9th Sep 2005, 12:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petor

hahaha i havent used yahoo for YEARS anyway

Same here.

wolff000 · 9th Sep 2005, 14:44

these people that are complaining must not traveled abroad alot cause last i checked when u r in another country you have to obey their laws. as far as a boycott, i'm with mosty of the others i haven't seen a yahoo log in around 5 years

Vigfus · 13th Sep 2005, 22:13

Yahoo, Yahoo log, whatever are you people on about?

I know it exists, but only have a foggy idea of what they actually do. A searchengine, mail, then what? I really cba.

Isotopian · 13th Sep 2005, 22:53

I still use yahoo messenger for one reason- it kicks ass with webcams. It's the best IM service out there for it, unless there's something else I don't know about.

8th Sep 2005, 14:33	#1
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Flibblebot Free from artificial flavourings Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right here, right now Posts: 2,233	Same here - difficult to boycott something you don't actually use In terms of the wider picture (notwithstanding the fact that these are allegations and didn't offer any proof that I could see), there are so many companies worldwide that indulge in "ethically corrupt behaviour" - if we boycotted them all, we'd never get any work done __________________ My uber-system: 66Mhz 486DX2, 8Mb RAM, 20Mb hard drive, 256 colour VGA adaptor (goes all the way up to 800x600!), keyboard AND serial mouse

8th Sep 2005, 18:04	#6
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8th Sep 2005, 19:38	#7
Kipman725 When did I get a custom title!?! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,753	If I were in charge of yahoo, I would have never expanded into china... It's not worth it but I'm not and the only alternative I see is pulling out of china. A choice that would lose the leaders of that company their jobs. Life is unfair and I support what that journolist did but our culture is such that yahoo once in china had no choice. I think what cisco did is much worse... setting up the worlds largest censorship system. __________________ Sn45g game server mod My Electronics Site Hardware: 3400+ Sempr0n, 1GB RAM, 1.28TB local storage, x1950pro,Razer Viper,M$ comfort curve 2000,L70S + 17", Fujitsu 17" CRT Audio: HD-650's, PE congress amp, Sound Blaster AWE64, Soundblaster 24bit

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8th Sep 2005, 14:47	#2
Petor Minimodder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ballarat, Australia Posts: 21	hahaha i havent used yahoo for YEARS anyway

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Master Ninja Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 182	I don't see how this is cutting a deal. They're assuming that an American company in China would be operating under American business laws, which isn't the case at all. Hey guess what! In communist countries, the government influences business, not the other way around!

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boggsi Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 105	Was the dude that got banged up actually chinese? Living in china... If so yea master ninja has a point, but else I would gladly enact a boycott

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