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Google's Continued Growing Pains

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the big-is-apparently-evil dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Mercury News is reporting that Google's 500 percent growth since its IPO hasn't come without a cost. With the purchase of DoubleClick, Google is facing antitrust charges in both the United States and the European Union. And with their rising success, there are open source alternatives springing up."

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  1. How long can it last? by zmollusc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, i dread the day that they isolate the maybe 10,000 people on the planet who actually respond positively to advertising. What will we do with all the trees and bandwidth then? :-(

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    1. Re:How long can it last? by gbobeck · · Score: 2, Funny

      What will we do with all the trees and bandwidth then?

      Well, if we apply a few internet laws, the answer would be... Make more porn!
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  2. Re:So how did this article end up on here, anyway? by SnowZero · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, yes, it's difficult to grow rapidly when you're valued at over 1/400th of the gross world product. Pick a bigger planet next time, perhaps? Well, after Google earth, they did expand to the Moon.

    I wonder if Mars in next... it seems to have a lot of free ad space.
  3. Re:nothingtoseeheremovealong by niceone · · Score: 3, Funny

    no thing to see he remove a long

    A long what????

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  4. Re:Of course they are. by cain · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google DeathSquads(tm) are driving from campus to campus, slaying out of hand any student enrolled in CS, IT or Engineering fields.

    The students still have a fighting chance though as the Google DeathSquads(tm) are still in beta...

  5. Re:open-source alternatives? by The-Bus · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, back in the dot-com days, I was in the business of selling eyeballs. To my surprise and the horror of most companies, "eyeballs" apparently was not meant in the literal sense. I don't know what the police did with my jar, but I never did hear from any of the hobos whose eyes I scooped out.

    I hope they're ok. :(

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  6. Re:So how did this article end up on here, anyway? by shawn(at)fsu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Coke Adds Life!

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