I wouldn't be so quick at judging the Google guys. From their blog:
"We'll follow through on the other commitment - one percent of profit - by taking one percent of each year's profits and donating and investing that too. Our first step in meeting these commitments includes a $90 million cash donation to the Google Foundation and a commitment of up to $175 million over three years across our other Google.org efforts."
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/about-googl eorg.html
I use a Firefox extention that shows close buttons on each open tab. I find it immenselly usefull. Yes, sometimes I close a tab by mistake but the "Undo Close Tab" menu option allows me to reload the page to its original condition.
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They are not loosing billions. They are investing in factory and expansion. Why parent post got 5 stars?
I wouldn't be so quick at judging the Google guys. From their blog: "We'll follow through on the other commitment - one percent of profit - by taking one percent of each year's profits and donating and investing that too. Our first step in meeting these commitments includes a $90 million cash donation to the Google Foundation and a commitment of up to $175 million over three years across our other Google.org efforts." http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/about-googl eorg.html
I use a Firefox extention that shows close buttons on each open tab. I find it immenselly usefull. Yes, sometimes I close a tab by mistake but the "Undo Close Tab" menu option allows me to reload the page to its original condition.