My new book
- released March 2019
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Recent Comments
- vinnie on Drama in enterprise computing
- Floyd on Drama in enterprise computing
- Tara Degler on Rob Enslin, turnaround artist
- vinnie on Brian Sommer guest column: The origin story of "Digital with Impact"
- vinnie on Story Telling in Technology World
- Louis Richardson on Story Telling in Technology World
- Padmanabha on AI and the implementation consultant
- Padmanabha on “You don't get a PaaS just because you're SaaS."
- Padmanabha on SAP Nation 3.0 - cover input, please
- clive boulton on AI and the implementation consultant
Microsoft and Chinese chess
Both my kids play chess so I am vaguely familiar with gambits and Sicilian moves. I also know that Chinese chess, xiangqi, is quite different than the chess we play.
Microsoft has been leading a push for CAFTA in preparation for summer negotiations with China and for broader IP protection
but then it turns around and bows to Chinese censors - Don't mention democracy, Microsoft tells China web users
Hopefully Microsoft knows what it is doing in this game of xiangqi - and even if it does, should freedom of speech be a sacrificial pawn?
June 11, 2005 in Globalization and Technology, Industry Commentary, Offshoring Negotiations/Best Practices | Permalink