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Re: Is Google Becoming More Like Microsoft (in a Bad Way)?

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:51:42 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> ____/ Dr. Zhivago on Tuesday 19 June 2007 00:41 : \____
> 
>> 
>> "Rex Ballard" <rex.ballard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1182206461.928459.317150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> On Jun 18, 11:02 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Google gets into politics
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | As Google gets bigger and the pots of cash grow, so the firm needs
>>>> | to increase its political influence.
>>>
>>> The irony is that most of these opportunities were "out in the open".
>>> They were based on Open Source technology (linux, dig, crawlers,
>>> WAIS...).
>>> They were based on publicly available information (usenet newsgroups)
>>> The aquisitions were thought to be insane at the time (YouTube).
>>> The offerings were highly leveraged - very little customer investment
>>> gives very large return.
>>> Service was optimized to best meet the needs of both the paying
>>> customers (advertizers), and non-paying (searchers).
>>> Most of the "ideas" had been posted on usenet and mailing lists for
>>> years.
>>> Eric Schmidt just did what it took to turn good ideas into reality.
>>>
>>> Politicians (paid by Microsoft) have tried to tie up google with lots
>>> of red tape, including:
>> 
>> 
>> Jesus <snip>
> 
> *plonk*
> 
> Stick to one name, Gary.
> 
> Good post, by the way, Rex. Your points are all very valid. Mind the subject
> line, which has a question mark. There's a coordinated character assassination
> attack on Google. Your long post makes a good case that refutes all the mess
> and disinformation.

It isn't flatfish. Nothing like flatfish, at all. Surprisingly enough, not
all trolls are flatfish.

-- 
Kier


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