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Originally Posted by Sigaba
BJC--
Your observation raises interesting questions. - Is a company's primary responsibility to its owners or to the country where it has its corporate offices?
- What serves the United States better? A company that follows a business development plan determined by its management team and thus demonstrates the superiority of American democratic capitalism or one that makes decisions based upon the desires of some of its end users?
- Does Google's charitable foundation, located here, balance out criticism such as yours?
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For the above, former, former, and different topic altogether.
I have a hard time with people who fly around in their private jets telling me that I am polluting too much.
Google could have easily changed their web page for US IP addresses to show some respect for Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. My perception, and the perceptions of others, is that it was anti-George Bush slam at the expense of those who have given all for them to have the chance to have a company like that. If you make a point of changing your front page as part of a statement and ignore US patriotic holidays, what statement are you making?
They did finally change it...
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/020074.html
I very well may be incorrect, but my perception is that Google respects the US Military less than the average US company does. If you are in the military while working at Microsoft and get called up on duty, MS will pay the difference between your military salary and their salary. This happened to one guy 5 times. (I used to work for Microsoft, but no longer do).
My goal, as a guest to this site, is to be a good and respectful guest, so I will cease my end of the discussion.
