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Lawsuits Fly Over Google Founders' Party Plane
Mr. Soxley writes to tell us that the Boeing 767 recently purchased by Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page is at the heart of what promises to be quite a legal battle. From the article: "Now the Delaware holding company that technically owns the 767, Blue City Holdings LLC, is embroiled in multiple lawsuits with an aviation designer hired to plan and oversee the massive plane's interior renovation. [...] But last October, Blue City terminated Mr. Jennings's contract, saying he wasn't doing his job properly. Mr. Jennings then filed a nearly $200,000 lien against the aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration for payment he hadn't received. He later filed a complaint related to the matter against Blue City and Gore Design Completions Ltd., the San Antonio executive-jet outfitting firm that worked on the plane, in District Court in Bexar County, Texas."
The Google team does the best PR/image creation in the industry. This article shows us the truth about the Google guys. They make a big fuss about their $1 salaries and get it hyped in the press to create an image. They've been trying to keep the 767 quiet, but their own pettiness and delusions of grandeur have lead to the story leaking out. Note that Bill Gates flew commercial when he was worth more than both of these guys put together and he still doesn't have a 767. Isn't a 767 a bit of overkill??
At least this start to lift the viel. The "do no evil" is merely PR hype. Google is collecting an enormous amount of informaiton about you and what you are searching on, who you email and IM with and about what, about where you go and when (calendar), etc. If the govenrment was doing this we'd have a revolution. Goole is a commercial entity and is a whole lot less accountable. This 767 story should remind us that the Google guys are no better than Ken Lay, the Tyco guy, or Marth Stewart.
Don't trsut them with all this information about yourself. They intend to use it commercailly and there are NO limits on what they can do. They are secretive and don't tell anyone very much, claiming they need to protct their busines ssecrets from competitord. And since their privacy policy says that they can change the policy at any time, without notice and without your further consent, they can use what they've collected in the past in any way they want and share it with whomever it suits them to.
Not worried? Still believe the "no evil" hype. Just look at how fungible their moreals are in China.