Google's Software Principles

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 20, 2004 @08:28AM from the do-no-harm dept.

Nick writes "Google has just posted a new set of "Software Principles" at their site on how they feel about spyware and the like. It is interesting to see the company whose motto is "Do no evil" trying to get the rest of the internet world to follow, with proposed principles dealing with upfront installation, clear behavior, simple removal, and keeping good company. The question is, though - why would a company who makes spyware (whose very nature is to be secretive and hard to remove) want to follow Google's principles?"

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Taco says... by mirko · 2004-05-20 08:30 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If it's Google, it has to be cool.
No thanks : I like to enjoy things by myself and Google is nowhere near Altavista's syntactic engine.

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moral authority by Knights+who+say+'INT · 2004-05-20 08:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Sure, Google is great and all, but why do they think they can move onto being a moral authority or a standard-setter? This is somewhat "imperialistic", if you know what I mean.