re VLVL In ways more and less literal

[pynchonoid]

Before I forget to mention it again, perhaps somebody
who knows the history of budget cuts during the Reagan
Administration could shed some light on whether the
kinds of budget cuts that undrmine Brock Vond in
Vineland, parallel any actual cuts that were made
during the Reagan Administration and, if so, if they
were cuts that were requested by the Reagan
Administrtion or if they were imposed by opponents of
the Reagan Administrtion.

>What goes on beneath the notice of the hacker we
>call God?

Reporters Without Border challenges 14 major Internet
and computer firms about their activity in China

3.12.2003 

Reporters Without Borders today called on the heads of
14 leading international corporations supplying
computer and Internet equipment to China to take a
stand against the government's repression of the
Internet.

It said some of the firms - which are based in North
America, Europe, Japan and South Korea - were selling
material directly helping the government to spy on and
crack down on people using the Internet, while others
simply closed their eyes to the situation. All of
them, it said, should feel responsible for the plight
of China's embattled Internet users.

The organisation sent a letter to each company's CEO,
along with the first issue of a monthly newsletter,
which they will receive regularly, called Internet
Repression News, recording the latest government
efforts to stifle freedom of expression online.

"We are asking them to bear in mind the contents of
the newsletter when making their business decisions,"
said Reporters Without Borders secretary-general
Robert Ménard.

He noted that the 14 firms targeted each do different
kinds of business with China. Cisco Systems supplies
special online spying systems while Intel just sells
its standard products. Yahoo ! agreed to change its
portal and search-engine to facilitate censorship in
exchange for access to the Chinese market, while South
Korea's Samsung is simply selling its goods to a
neighbouring country.

The letters to the CEOs outline the situation, note
the degree of responsibility each has in its relations
with China and call on them to use their influence to
get the government to allow more Internet freedom.

CEOs receiving Internet Repression News 

 John Chambers, Cisco

 Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft (copy to William H.
Gates, founder)

 Craig R. Barrett, Intel

 Charles Dehelly, Thomson

 Frank A. Dunn, Nortel

 Carleton S. Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard

 Guerrino De Luca, Logitech (copy to Daniel Borel,
founder)

 Lawrence J.Ellison, Oracle

 Hajime Sasaki, NEC (board chairman)

 Kun-Hee Lee, Samsung

 Scott G. McNelly, Sun Microsystems

 Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM

 Terry Semel, Yahoo ! (copy to Jerry Yang, founder)

  Serge Tchuruk, Alcatel

<http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8668>

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