Google's Insular Nature

stockpicker_dude_78 writes "Robert Cringley has written a thought-provoking article on Google's insular nature, and compares them to the similar environment at Microsoft." From the article: "Google is secretive. This started as a deliberate marketing mystique, but endures today more as a really annoying company habit. Google folks don't understand why the rest of us have a problem with this, but then Google folks aren't like you and me. The result of this secrecy and Google's 'almighty algorithm' mentality is that the company makes changes -- and mistakes -- without informing its customers or even doing all that much to correct the problems."

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Zonk, we need to talk

[Anonymous Coward]

You are violating line #247 of our contract. Namely:

"The signer agrees to publish only stories that praise Google as supreme ruler of the universe."

You may yet be spared if you delete this article.

Love,
Google

I only got this far...

[eddeye]

Robert Cringley has written a thought-provoking article...

segmentation fault, core dumped