I want to see their current windows apps to be
open source.
I want to see GFS to be open source.
If they're really developing a browser or whatever OSish thing, I want it to be 100% open source:-)
This is not to say what they've done is without merit, of course it is a good thing, but if we're going to talk about Google offering open source products, they could be doing it already, and instead, they're quite secretive with almost everything they do (which again, is fine with me, but it contradicts what some of you guys are saying here)...
Oh and before someone jumps in, offering APIs is not the same as open source. MS has been publishing APIs for years, the reason many people can and do write stuff for Windows.
The patent involves bidding for the highest position. If MS doesn't get into the bidding thing, they might escape the Yahoo patent. Would they actually come with something even better?:-)
This has nothing to do with Cola-Cola printing their name on a mug or a towel for branding reasons. They're not in the mug/towel business I can tell you that, but of course they are in the business of branding their products any way they like it. When you see a towel with a big Coca-Cola logo, you don't think about towels or a company that makes/sells towels, you think about the most popular soft drink on the planet:-)
A friend of mine collects mouse pads and I can tell you that nearly none of the companies he's got a mouse pad from have registered their trademark in the "mouse pad making" industry.
The fact is, Coca-Cola trademarked their brand on every possible industry, and that's why you cannot build, say, networking hardware under the name Coca-Cola (and I'd be surprised if I see an ethernet card with the name Coca-Cola printed on it:-)
Now, what Coca-Cola has done, not every company can afford, but you can file for a trademark on any industry in order to protect your brand, you're not limited to what you actually make/sell.
They haven't put it on the net yet, that's the funny part. They acquired a "ratings/referral" company (I wouldn't really call that "social networking") and now are planning to integrate it.
That's enough for me not to use it. I don't care if personal info is not being sent. If I'm not given a choice about what can and cannot be sent, I don't want it.
Besides, X1 has been doing this for years and it works much better than this new thingy from the company that doesn't invent, simply copies and improves. X1 is not free, but it beats this Google Desktop search on almost every aspect. Don't believe me? Try for yourself.
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I like zoomblog.com :-)
This is not to say what they've done is without merit, of course it is a good thing, but if we're going to talk about Google offering open source products, they could be doing it already, and instead, they're quite secretive with almost everything they do (which again, is fine with me, but it contradicts what some of you guys are saying here)...
Oh and before someone jumps in, offering APIs is not the same as open source. MS has been publishing APIs for years, the reason many people can and do write stuff for Windows.
Do they really open source LOTS of code? Where?
The patent involves bidding for the highest position. If MS doesn't get into the bidding thing, they might escape the Yahoo patent. Would they actually come with something even better? :-)
It's Stanford, not Standford.
This has nothing to do with Cola-Cola printing their name on a mug or a towel for branding reasons. They're not in the mug/towel business I can tell you that, but of course they are in the business of branding their products any way they like it. When you see a towel with a big Coca-Cola logo, you don't think about towels or a company that makes/sells towels, you think about the most popular soft drink on the planet :-)
A friend of mine collects mouse pads and I can tell you that nearly none of the companies he's got a mouse pad from have registered their trademark in the "mouse pad making" industry.
The fact is, Coca-Cola trademarked their brand on every possible industry, and that's why you cannot build, say, networking hardware under the name Coca-Cola (and I'd be surprised if I see an ethernet card with the name Coca-Cola printed on it :-)
Now, what Coca-Cola has done, not every company can afford, but you can file for a trademark on any industry in order to protect your brand, you're not limited to what you actually make/sell.
I challenge you to market any product, no matter what industry, under the name of Coca~Cola.
They haven't put it on the net yet, that's the funny part. They acquired a "ratings/referral" company (I wouldn't really call that "social networking") and now are planning to integrate it.
Besides, X1 has been doing this for years and it works much better than this new thingy from the company that doesn't invent, simply copies and improves. X1 is not free, but it beats this Google Desktop search on almost every aspect. Don't believe me? Try for yourself.