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On Sunday 17 October 2010 09:32 PM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
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Dear Bill and all<br>
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Exerpt from the NYT article <br>
<But China has been a minefield for American technology companies,
including Microsoft, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/yahoo_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org"
title="More information about Yahoo! Inc" class="meta-org">Yahoo</a>
and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org"
title="More information about Google Inc" class="meta-org">Google</a>,
which have grappled with the country’s Internet censorship, and it
appears that Microsoft is hoping to avoid new controversies there. ><br>
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Why did the NYT miss Cisco in its quotation ? They "adapted" their
network equipment to meet China's particular "democratic routing
criteria".<br>
I do hope that it was just an oversight, nothing to do with some
advertising revenues risks ...<br>
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Apart from the stated issues, and their merit, also try reading the
article that Bill posted (
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/world/17russia.html?hpw">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/world/17russia.html?hpw</a> ) in light of
the following piece on the geo-politics of digital activism. I greatly
recommend this article to everyone, one of the best takes I have come
across on this issue. <br>
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<p>The Internet Freedom Fallacy and the Arab Digital Activism, by
Sami Ben Gharbia</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://samibengharbia.com/2010/09/17/the-internet-freedom-fallacy-and-the-arab-digital-activism/">http://samibengharbia.com/2010/09/17/the-internet-freedom-fallacy-and-the-arab-digital-activism/</a></p>
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The eco-political juggernaut being created by the North/ West is a
issue that needs much more critical analysis than it often gets, even
from the civil society actors in Internet/ IG area who come from the
geo-political South.<br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
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Best<br>
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Jean-Louis Fullsack<br>
CSDPTT<br>
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Message du 17/10/10 10:34<br>
> De : "William Drake" <br>
> A : "Governance List" <br>
> Copie à : <br>
> Objet : Re: [governance] Draft letter to Under-Secretary-General
Sha for<br>
> <br>
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> On Oct 17, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stefano Trumpy wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > Very well stated; I support the text.<br>
> > Stefano Trumpy<br>
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> <br>
> +1<br>
> <br>
> BTW interesting piece in today's NYT on MS &
CS….http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/world/17russia.html?hpw<br>
> <br>
> Bill<br>
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