Even if there is a lot of pressure upon Microsoft, the software giant won't leave China as its rival, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Internet company Google, criticized the IT company for ignoring the country's human rights issue. Despite the fact that the Chinese Government has started blocking access to some pages, Google has been redirecting Chinese IT connectivity users to its uncensored Hong Kong IT service. Even though Brin asked other large companies to follow Google's lead, he criticized Microsoft the most. He said that "I'm very disappointed for them in particular. As I understand, it [Microsoft] has effectively no market share – so they [Ballmer and Gates] essentially spoke against freedom of speech and human rights simply in order to contradict Google." A Microsoft's spokesperson responded to these comments and said that "At Microsoft, we remain committed to advancing free expression through active engagement in over 100 countries, even as we comply with the laws in every country in which we operate."
