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Google Hires Vint Cerf

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-a-job-i-wish-i-had dept.

hsuwh writes "Google has hired Internet pioneer Vint Cerf away from MCI as its "Chief Internet Evangelist". "He is one of the most important people alive today," said [Google CEO Eric] Schmidt, who has been friends with Cerf for more than 20 years. "Vint has put his heart and soul into making the Internet happen. I know he is going to jump right in here and start shoveling out new ideas for Google.""

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  1. Do they have a strategy behind this? by winkydink · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Or are they merely collecting people and figuring out what to do with them later? From the outside looking in, it sure seems like the latter.

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  2. The world is not enough... by hazee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Obviously Google isn't content to simply dominate the internet on this planet, they want to dominate the interplanetary internet too.

    Context sensitive ads for Mars rovers anyone?