Topic: Google expects Android to 'flourish' in China: CFO

[sam]

Google expects its Android mobile operating system to "flourish" in China, Google's chief financial officer said Monday amid a two-month standoff with Beijing over Web censorship and cyberattacks.

http://www.physorg.com/news187902997.html

[Rik]

It seems a bit contradictory, given the present 'discussions' between Google and China, Sam.

[Simon]

I guess people will still want the phones, regardless of the politics.

[Rik]

I wonder, though, whether the Chinese authorities would block them.

[Simon]

True, they might.

[sam]

It seems a bit contradictory, given the present 'discussions' between Google and China, Sam.

indeed but I guess they reckon the software will flourish -i.e. lots of cheap exports.. not the company.

[Rik]

It should be an interesting challenge for Google.