“I’m not going to pass judgment on Microsoft. They are where they are and they suffer from the mistakes that they made. But from our perspective, the fact that we’re large and we do something important, which is information and is not in itself a violation of law.”
You mean like help China track down dissidents? That’s not a violation of the law, in China.
Or the latest thing Google is up to. Taking money from competitors to have their trademarks appear above the search results when someone looks for their competitors?
Yeah, do no evil. Taking lessons from the previous administration? If it’s evil, redefine it as not evil.
John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »
Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size. 11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183.
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
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You mean like help China track down dissidents? That’s not a violation of the law, in China.
Or the latest thing Google is up to. Taking money from competitors to have their trademarks appear above the search results when someone looks for their competitors?
Yeah, do no evil. Taking lessons from the previous administration? If it’s evil, redefine it as not evil.
Posted by Eric Welch at May 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 am