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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:05:56 -0800, [email protected] 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 * * * [email protected] * This space for rent pending * * Finger for Geek Code/PGP * me thinking up a witty quote. * * #include "std_disclaimer.h" * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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