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Weekly Poll #003 - Is Google Evil?
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brewin
, Jul 09 2007 04:12 AM
10 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 09 July 2007 - 04:12 AM
Google's credo has always been "Do no evil." But is it still true? Has it ever been true? Is Google evil?
#2
Posted 09 July 2007 - 04:16 AM
I don't think they're evil. But I kinda wish that they'd never gone public.
#3
Posted 09 July 2007 - 06:18 AM
banj0, on Jul 8 2007, 11:16 PM, said:
I don't think they're evil. But I kinda wish that they'd never gone public.
This is what got me thinking about it:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/07/0...03googevil.html
And more specifically this:
http://www.computerw...blogs/node/5719
I used to love the idea of a Google Operating System. But I think Gmail reading my emails in the interest of targeted ads is more than enough. I'm not sure I want them scanning my hard drive. Better to be paranoid than complacent.
#4
Posted 09 July 2007 - 06:41 AM
Interesting articles. Thanks for the links.
Yep. If an old woman falls down in the street, it'd be illegal for them to help her up before searching her purse for cash first. The beat goes on.
Maybe they're engaging in all this crap in order to truly destroy the TelCo's. If so, hats off and godspeed. Fighting fire with fire and all that jazz. I'd root for Vader against MaBell every day of the week.
brewin, on Jul 9 2007, 02:18 AM, said:
Yeah, I don't think they were evil before the IPO. But when you have shareholders, it's impossible not to go to the dark side.
Yep. If an old woman falls down in the street, it'd be illegal for them to help her up before searching her purse for cash first. The beat goes on.
Maybe they're engaging in all this crap in order to truly destroy the TelCo's. If so, hats off and godspeed. Fighting fire with fire and all that jazz. I'd root for Vader against MaBell every day of the week.
#5
Posted 09 July 2007 - 07:53 AM
brewin, on Jul 8 2007, 11:18 PM, said:
Yeah, I don't think they were evil before the IPO. But when you have shareholders, it's impossible not to go to the dark side...
...I used to love the idea of a Google Operating System. But I think Gmail reading my emails in the interest of targeted ads is more than enough. I'm not sure I want them scanning my hard drive. Better to be paranoid than complacent.
...I used to love the idea of a Google Operating System. But I think Gmail reading my emails in the interest of targeted ads is more than enough. I'm not sure I want them scanning my hard drive. Better to be paranoid than complacent.
and yeah mike, spot on!
#6
Posted 09 July 2007 - 09:46 AM
They're going in that way
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Better to be paranoid than complacent.
#7 Guest_scaramonga_*
Posted 09 July 2007 - 12:03 PM
Some say MS's biggest competitor
#8
Posted 09 July 2007 - 02:29 PM
I like google but they became popular way to fast
#9
Posted 09 July 2007 - 04:39 PM
scaramonga, on Jul 9 2007, 08:03 AM, said:
Some say MS's biggest competitor
#10
Posted 09 July 2007 - 05:25 PM
You know we see this over and over again. Small business = friend (aka good guy); big business= foe
#11
Posted 10 July 2007 - 04:14 AM
Very true, but it will be nice to have them competing, we will reap the rewards
... and the ill effects as well...
... and the ill effects as well...
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