Microsoft Considers Pulling Out of China 443
icefaerie writes to let us know that a senior executive for Microsoft has said the firm could pull out of non-democratic countries such as China. From the article: "Fred Tipson, senior policy counsel for the computer giant, said concerns over the repressive regime might force it to reconsider its business in China. 'Things are getting bad... and perhaps we have to look again at our presence there,' he told a conference in Athens."
All democratic companies should pull out (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Ethics (Score:3, Informative)
A one-liner from a senior policy counsel isn't exactly a firm commitment.
Ex-Microsoft employee (Score:1, Informative)
Re:correction (Score:3, Informative)
They know perfectly well they don't any significant software revenue in China, and they're at least open about it inside the company.