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Yet More Google Gazing

Posted by michael on from the future-cloudy-ask-again dept.

povvell writes "Bob Cringely has joined the club and just set out his personal vision for the future of Google now that it's flush with cash, thereby joining a happy band of Google gazers. But is he right, and are they? My own guess is that the company intends to become the biggest advertising platform in the world. What's yours?"

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  1. Just in case... by Otter · · Score: 0, Troll
    OK, I'd been starting to feel a little smidgen of sympathy for all the programmers and admins who have just realized that anyone in the world with a little brains and an O'Reilly book can do their job.

    And now we're suddenly back to 1998 and "It's computers! It's completely exempt from all normal principles of economics and business!"

    --
    What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
  2. Pud is going to buy google. by weave · · Score: 0, Troll
    Pud is going to buy google. Yeah, kind of difficult now they went public, but he has the cash. He'll just throw some of the Pud babes to the dynamic duo, who will sign over their shares and control willingly. Who is Pud? What, you never heard of fuckedcompany.com?

    Proof? Here you go. Pud was in the Google offices just a few days ago...