In the eyes of the vox populi the bloom has now been cast off the rose at Google as their ambitious mantra of "Do No Evil" has run directly into conflict with their necessary corporate mandate of "Make More Money". As most interested blogophiles know, Google has decided to launch a Chinese language search engine hosted on servers inside the People's Republic, one which complies with local law restricting which content can be retrieved. While many have lambasted Google with scornful indignation and some have pledged to turn away from the giant of Mountain View, I respectfully wish not to repeat the self righteous sentiment reverberating here in the echo chamber.
I suggest we do the opposite and loudly support Google for this decision. My reason is uncomplicated.Google hs entered into China because it makes business sense to them.They believe by entering the Chinese market that they can return a profit to their shareholders. It is axiomatic that business decisions must be made with this underlying principle primary at all times.A decision of Google to turn away from the China opportunity, one that no internet giant has done, and stand on some amorphous morality would be bad business and set a horrible precedent for other companies. United States corporate law is historically and rightfully stern in in its reaction to corporate boards that take actions potentially damaging to shareholder value. Such actions undermine the viabiity of the entire free market system. Now we don't want to do that now, do we?
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