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15 years of Google

2013-09-04 14:11:07.090505+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments

15 years of Google. Remember when their motto was "don't be evil"? #nostalgia

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#Comment Re: made: 2013-09-04 16:06:43.408047+00 by: TC [edit history]

Yup

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/m...a/magazine/16-10/st_15googleevil

I still have tremendous respect for the company but after a couple of hundred employees, cultural change is axiomatic with growth.

#Comment Re: made: 2013-09-04 17:57:58.083255+00 by: Dan Lyke

The main thing I'm shocked at is how badly they fumbled Google+ and the identity issues surrounding it. Google+ could have been an amazing tool that increased our respect for Google, instead it ended up like a bad Facebook also-ran.

To some extent the influence of ex-Microsoft execs on Google+ was obvious, but I'd still expect the company that brought us the original Google and the original GMail to not flub it that horrendously.

#Comment Re: made: 2013-09-04 21:19:38.234508+00 by: ebradway

"Don't be Evil" assumes a constant definition of "evil". Recent findings of NSA and DEA snooping has altered the definition of "evil" in Google's favor.