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Pleasing Google's Tech-Savvy Staff

An anonymous reader writes "Douglas Merrill, Google Inc.'s chief information officer, is charged with answering that question. His job is to give Google workers the technology they need, and to keep them safe — without imposing too many restrictions on how they do their job. So the 37-year-old has taken an unorthodox approach. Unlike many IT departments that try to control the technology their workers use, Mr. Merrill's group lets Google employees download software on their own, choose between several types of computers and operating systems, and use internal software built by the company's engineers. Lately, he has also spent time evangelizing to outside clients about Google's own enterprise-software products — such as Google Apps, an enterprise version of Google's Web-based services including e-mail, word processing and a calendar."

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  1. Re:Nice approach by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are certainly correct. For example, I just dropped a massive, stank deuce in the office shitter. The stench is unbelievable. And now, for another 30-40 minutes, the crapper is unusable. I've ruined it for everyone.

  2. test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    test

  3. Now. by DAldredge · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now if google would just fix the sizing bugs and lack of color coded labels in their google apps for domains product.