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The World According to Google

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the don't-over-diversify dept.

Ant writes "BBC News has an interesting article and a streaming video documentary on Google. It has interviews with Google staff and people who dislike the company. From the article: 'In the 18 months since its stock market flotation, Google has been transformed from a company that prided itself on being simple and effective, into a multi-headed high tech beast which wants to get involved in everything.'"

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  1. Complaints from the Staff are Overblown. by reporter · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Given the fact that most of the staff at Google reaped $500,000 (or more) in stock valuation after the IPO, complaints from the staff amount to little more than whining about annoyances. Put yourself in their shoes. If you reaped that amount of money, would the morphing of Google into a high-tech beast really bug you?

    I certainly would not be bugged. I could care less.

    On a more positive note, my colleagues and I support Google 100% in its attempt to defy the Department of Justice. Despite Google's supporting Beijing in its attempt to suppress human rights and democracy, the company has taken a courageous stand in supporting human rights in the USA. Google was the last place where I would expect to find a champion of privacy rights.

    Go, Google! You are now my preferred search engine.