On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:05:56 -0800, avg@pluris.com writes:
THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION. IT SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A POSITION OR A STATEMENT OF MY EMPLOYER.
Ok, it looks like Bay Networks made a sweet deal with Chinese commies. Essentially, they will provide technology for the state propaganda network and censored Internet.
Their "partnership" with censors of a communist regime is repugnant. Using the modern technology to build a giant brainwashing machine is very scary.
Some companies will do anything for a buck, though.
How about boycotting their products in U.S. and other democratic countries?
YEAH! YEAH! That'll teach em! Don't sell to a customer because of what they do with the network. I guess I should stop selling routers to certain schools because they filter Usenet groups. CENSORSHIP! And you know, the US Military buys a lot of Bay switches and Cisco routers, so I guess we should boycott both vendors because they use weapons of mass destruction. And I heard Cabletron has a deal with the Devil. Here, let me buy you a clue. -Jon ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Jon Green * * * jcgreen@netINS.net * This space for rent pending * * Finger for Geek Code/PGP * me thinking up a witty quote. * * #include "std_disclaimer.h" * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------