Blackberry pulls a Google

[chris_in_pdx]

Buckling under to oppressive governments due to the Almighy Dollar:

The agreement would likely involve placing a BlackBerry server inside Saudi Arabia to allow the government to monitor messages and allay official fears the service could be used for criminal purposes, the telecom regulatory officials said.

Anyone who says that a multinational corporation acts in the interests of anything other than the corporate bottom profit line is an idiot. Human rights? Fairness? Screw that, we are making money!

 

[jlprk]

RIM fought hard, unlike the other hardware manufacturers. That's why only Blackberry got articles, after the others had agreed secretly.