[ale] OT: maybe, it is for Linux use

[Scott Castaline]

Brian Pitts wrote:
> Scott Castaline wrote:
>> Brian Pitts wrote:
>>> Scott Castaline wrote:
>>>> Fujitsu's marketing tends to be anti-semetic. They show a map that shows 
>>>>    the middle east without Israel. The area of Isreal is shown as part 
>>>> of surrounding Arab nations. When doing business with Arab nations they 
>>>> will deny any recognition of Jews.
>>> http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/countries/israel/index.html
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>> I had received info from someone I knew that is actually Arab and the 
>> individual had shown me info that basically showed no recognition of 
>> Israel's existence. The area that is actually Israel was shown as 
>> Palestine and its borders much different than Israel's. This individual 
>> was what they called an Israeli sympathizer in the Arab world, which 
>> eventually forced the individual to leave the area and move to another 
>> country. The individual also indicated that when asked the people from 
>> Fujitsu denied doing direct business with any "Jewish States". What this 
>> link shows is probably from before Fujitsu's acquisition of Siemens.
> 
> I suppose someone could forward these messages to 
> Avi.BenYosef at fujitsu-siemens.com to get the inside scoop.
> 
> -Brian
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I can only say that the individual that showed me the info did come from 
the area that we are talking about and was definitely Arab descent. They 
also worked in the IT field, and that was how we had met, about 7 years 
ago. They indicated that this was about a year before we had met. I had 
also received an email from a rabbi shortley after that indicating a 
similar accusation, which also called for boycotting all companies owned 
by Fujitsu which included Subaru, of which he owned 2 cars by Subaru 
prior to finding out about this.

I guess a lot can change in several years and it really surprised me 
when I saw this as I couldn't think of a reason that Japanese people 
would react this way. Both sources did however, indicate that Fujitsu 
did not have the same reaction to Christianity in the area and Arabs 
aren't too fond of Christians either. As far as they know that is the 
only global company from Japan that conducted business this way.