Schmidt, Daughter Talk About North Korea Trip 187
Eric Schmidt attracted headlines when he visited North Korea, but until now he has said little about the trip. Today he broke his silence with a Google+ post. He says in part: "As the world becomes increasingly connected, the North Korean decision to be virtually isolated is very much going to affect their physical world and their economic growth. It will make it harder for them to catch up economically.
We made that alternative very, very clear. Once the internet starts in any country, citizens in that country can certainly build on top of it, but the government has to do one thing: open up the Internet first. They have to make it possible for people to use the Internet, which the government of North Korea has not yet done. It is their choice now, and in my view, it’s time for them to start, or they will remain behind." His daughter had some interesting things to say as well, "The best description we could come up with: it's like The Truman Show, at country scale."
Where is the profit (Score:4, Funny)
Eric Schmidt visits a farm and tells the farmer than his cows would be far better off with internet access. The farmer looks at him like he is fucking stupid. Where is the benefit for him in doing that?
"oh come on dad" (Score:5, Funny)
2013 - Year Of Linux On The North Korea (Score:5, Funny)
Re:2013 - Year Of Linux On The North Korea (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"oh come on dad" (Score:5, Funny)
You've hit on the real news behind this story - someone actually posted something on Google+!
Re:Wow! (Score:3, Funny)
the North Korean government should completely and radically change from a multi-generational dictatorship to a representative Democracy and Capitalistic System, with the intent of reunification with their southern brothers
NK: We don't want a representative democracy
US: What if we meet you half way?
Re:not as locked down as you think (Score:5, Funny)
In my wildest dreams I don't envision the time when the name of Java programming language will be be whispered in fear by its former users who are permanently relegated to the jobs that have no effect on the rest of society.