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Google Striking Fear into the Corporate Masses

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-like-a-good-corporation-should dept.

SpectralDesign writes "The New York Times reports that Google is striking fear into the hearts of even unrelated industries. From the article: 'We watch Google very closely at Wal-Mart," said Jim Breyer, a member of Wal-Mart's board. In Google, Wal-Mart sees both a technology pioneer and the seed of a threat, said Mr. Breyer, who is also a partner in a venture capital firm. The worry is that by making information available everywhere, Google might soon be able to tell Wal-Mart shoppers if better bargains are available nearby.'"

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  1. Re:The dark side of Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.pakin.org/complaint/ COMPLAINT GENERATOR. SIMPLE.

  2. Re:Better prices Always... by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Informative

    The wording is "Always the low price. Always."

    They wanted it to be "Always the lowest price. Always" but were beaten back by lawyers who took that as a claim that they would be lowest on every item, which could be proven false with just one lower price elsewhere.