Jeg tipper at det skal stå Ministry of Information *and* Industry
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>Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 17:48:38 -0500
>From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
>To: fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
>Cc: Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@ai.mit.edu>
>Subject: RE: Chinese Fly Red Flag With Ban On Microsoft
>
>At 2:16 PM -0500 1/8/00, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>>Why on earth do Fight Censorship readers bother to read the ToryGraph. Not
>>only is it a tedious read, it is also prone to be very out of date.
>>
>>There is a reason that the Telegraph readership has been declining at an
>>alarming rate...
>>
>>
>>The Chinese IT ministry came out with a categorical denial of the story.
>>They are a key Microsoft account and are planning to deploy Win2000 very
>>extensively. It was extensively reported by CNN about four days ago...
>
>As usual Phill didn't read the story correctly. The Yangcheng Evening
>News did report that China was switching to their domestic product
>but as "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH" correctly pointed out:
>
>At 12:28 PM -0500 1/8/00, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
>> Officials at the Ministry of Information Industry said a
>> formal ban was unlikely in the near future. "But the
>> government is advocating that users buy domestic software,"
>> an official said yesterday.
>
>In nations such as China there is the official policy and then there
>is their real policy. Perhaps this is an example of this?
>
>BTW, "Ministry of Information Industry" sounds rather Orwellian. As
>good a name as any to call Clinton's newest police state idea, the
>formation of a cybercadet ROTC to fight online terrorists or other
>hobgoblins.
>
>Regards, Matt-
>
>
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