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Google's Internal Company Goals

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the inside-the-mind-of-a-goog dept.

Rockgod writes to mention a Google Blogoscoped article about an internal company paper. The paper details Google's big goals and directions for 2006. From the article: "The list included several items, for example: Google wants to have an improved infrastructure to make their engineers more productive. This includes allowing employees to have a universal search tool "containing all public Google information searched on all Google searches." Google also wants to build 10MW of green power to be on track to be carbon neutral. (They also want to reduce "Borg disk waste" by 50%... hmmm, Borg?)

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  1. Don't you read Slashdot? by Randolpho · · Score: 5, Funny
    (They also want to reduce "Borg disk waste" by 50%... hmmm, Borg?)
    Clearly "Borg disk waste" means "Microsoft disk waste". Google is moving to a less Microsoft-centric system. They clearly rely far too much on ASP.NET and SQL Server, and would like to become a LAMP shop. They may even be planning their own operating system to compete with Windows Vista.
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  2. green power by qw0ntum · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it's really an important step for Google to aim for carbon neutrality, starting with green power. Nowadays green power, green building, and other sustainability practices have substantial financial benefits in addition to their environmental ones. Companies are starting to recognize this too, thankfully--Bank of America has a LEED certified building going up in Manhattan that will save massive amounts of emissions of carbon and other pollutants and save massive amounts of money.

    What makes me happiest about seeing Google do this is that they are such a role-model for next-generation businesses. If Google achieves carbon neutrality, even partially, the message it will send to corporations, start-ups, and individuals will be, "You can be environmentally conscious and financially successful; the two are not mutually exclusive." That's an important message that is only beginning to spread.

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  3. Related and interesting fact by ostehaps · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This morning 50% of Denmark's power supply was covered by wind power, due to a storm. During the peak (at 4 in the morning) it reached 80%. Generally about 20-25% of power is supplied by wind here.

  4. Re:Carbon Nuetral?...Google really is a good compa by sadr · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you'd bothered to read their IPO or other documents, you'd know that common shareholders have nearly no control over the company due to the voting structure the owners set up.

    They note that their policies may not maximize profit. Their policies are set based on doing what's right, as deemed by the founders.

    Maybe you should sell your shares.

  5. You are full of shit by Wee · · Score: 5, Insightful
    That's all 100% BS, man. It's complete nonsense. Sorry. Nice try, though.

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