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Dec 15, 2009

Wow! Microsoft China steals Plurk’s code

This is astounding.

Microsoft’s new Chinese language microblog service Juku/Club.MSN is a total copy of Plurk. See the image below, and read all the juicy details over on Plurk’s blog.

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How can something like this happen? I figure that when big multi-nationals like Microsoft spread too thin, they just can’t maintain necessary communication and management of global offices. (Note: I’m speaking at least a little from personal experience here, because when I worked for a multinational PC company back in China, I was pretty disturbed by the fact that a lot of ethics were abandoned just because you can get away with it in China.)

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