Comments on: Our friend, Google http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:10:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-206 Atomictumor Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:36:46 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-206 I think at this point, Google is just really, really, really good at what it sets out to do. Google Earth is one of the most innovative and kickass programs I've ever seen in the 20 odd years of computer geekery I've been involved in. Gmail is great, I use it exclusively. Google web search is good. Picasa is an excellent photo editor. I fear big companies also, particularly one that bows down to China the way Google does, but I ain't worried yet. I think at this point, Google is just really, really, really good at what it sets out to do. Google Earth is one of the most innovative and kickass programs I’ve ever seen in the 20 odd years of computer geekery I’ve been involved in. Gmail is great, I use it exclusively. Google web search is good. Picasa is an excellent photo editor.
I fear big companies also, particularly one that bows down to China the way Google does, but I ain’t worried yet.

]]> By: The Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-207 The Bosphorus Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:58:01 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-207 They're more like an unorganized storm front at this point, but one that is gaining strength. You're right, all their individual tools work so well. It's the sum of them that is worrisome. They’re more like an unorganized storm front at this point, but one that is gaining strength. You’re right, all their individual tools work so well. It’s the sum of them that is worrisome.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-208 Atomictumor Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:23:40 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-208 I think that its inevitable that Google will end up hitting the same snags that befall every other large software company. For the record, I think that Google will, over time, become that company, as pressure from stockholders and the marketplace bend that whole "Do no evil" to "Do no evil (to the bottom line)", but I don't think its happened yet. You don't seem to have this problem with Microsoft, Bos. Que? I think that its inevitable that Google will end up hitting the same snags that befall every other large software company. For the record, I think that Google will, over time, become that company, as pressure from stockholders and the marketplace bend that whole “Do no evil” to “Do no evil (to the bottom line)”, but I don’t think its happened yet.
You don’t seem to have this problem with Microsoft, Bos. Que?

]]> By: Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-209 Bosphorus Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:28:36 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/06/04/our-friend-google/#comment-209 It goes w/o saying what a laviathan Microsoft is. Actually it's been said many times already, so that's a dead horse I don't need to beat. No, I think Google's collection of excellent information gathering and organizing software, which they also want to get onto every computer (just like Microsoft), could be put to some fearsome tasks. Just imagine Google as part of the war on terror, drugs or what ever police state brain wave comes next. Google's do no evil is well intentioned, but... It goes w/o saying what a laviathan Microsoft is. Actually it’s been said many times already, so that’s a dead horse I don’t need to beat.

No, I think Google’s collection of excellent information gathering and organizing software, which they also want to get onto every computer (just like Microsoft), could be put to some fearsome tasks. Just imagine Google as part of the war on terror, drugs or what ever police state brain wave comes next.

Google’s do no evil is well intentioned, but…

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