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No Secret Plan at Google?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the what's-he-building-in-there dept.

daltonlp writes "A number of smart folks have speculated that Google might leverage its computational resources to create some kind of massive online application delivery platform. Here's why they are probably wrong." One of more intelligent insights into Google, and it's pleasantly devoid of theories of Google taking over the world.

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  1. 20% of company time to goof off (productively) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    From TFA:
    That 20% is also key for attracting talent. Working at Google has a lot of perks (so I hear), but for a developer, the ability to work on personal projects is magic. To my knowledge, no other company offers this.
    3M Does. Just thought I'd mention that.