I don't understand why Google would be upset by this usage. They have lots of word-of-mouth advertizing that gets done when people refer to "googling" something.
My Chem 101 teacher even used the term often in lecture. And I'll bet that the kids who "googled" the things he recommended used Google 10 times out of 10.
It seems to me that Google has a lot ot gain from being synonomous with searching the internet.
One often overlooked reason that Linux does not get migrants from the Windows exodus is that Linux (by its nature) does not advertize. Look at Apple. Very catchy ad campaigns aimed at simple end users (see the most recent "I'm a PC" "I'm a Mac" ads).
Ask Average.User@hotmail.com what Mac is. He'll give a non-technical answer, but he knows its a competitor for Windows. Ask him what Linux is, and well, answers will vary (Infected by some... linux... or something, etc.).
The average computer shopper thinks of the OS debate as Windows vs. Mac, because that's what he sees. It's often not an issue of Linux's availibility or user-friendly-ness, but of exposure.
PS: No, I'm not advocating "Hi, I'm open software" "and I'm Microsoft software" ads. I'm not advocating commercials for Linux or other OSS. Corperate software will dominate the end-user market forever. Those of us looking for more will look elsewhere. My hope is that more people start looking for more.
I know some people who've done this. What was once a cartoony surfer riding a tsunami became... well, a combination of a popular wintertime candy and a unique part of the male anatomy. It stayed up on one xanga for at least a week.
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Add the inability to take a joke to my list of Irish stereotypes.
I don't understand why Google would be upset by this usage. They have lots of word-of-mouth advertizing that gets done when people refer to "googling" something.
My Chem 101 teacher even used the term often in lecture. And I'll bet that the kids who "googled" the things he recommended used Google 10 times out of 10.
It seems to me that Google has a lot ot gain from being synonomous with searching the internet.
A link to a rather small scale hardware hack... When did digg start looking like slashdot?
One often overlooked reason that Linux does not get migrants from the Windows exodus is that Linux (by its nature) does not advertize. Look at Apple. Very catchy ad campaigns aimed at simple end users (see the most recent "I'm a PC" "I'm a Mac" ads). Ask Average.User@hotmail.com what Mac is. He'll give a non-technical answer, but he knows its a competitor for Windows. Ask him what Linux is, and well, answers will vary (Infected by some... linux... or something, etc.). The average computer shopper thinks of the OS debate as Windows vs. Mac, because that's what he sees. It's often not an issue of Linux's availibility or user-friendly-ness, but of exposure. PS: No, I'm not advocating "Hi, I'm open software" "and I'm Microsoft software" ads. I'm not advocating commercials for Linux or other OSS. Corperate software will dominate the end-user market forever. Those of us looking for more will look elsewhere. My hope is that more people start looking for more.
Because things like import and export are myths.
I know some people who've done this. What was once a cartoony surfer riding a tsunami became... well, a combination of a popular wintertime candy and a unique part of the male anatomy. It stayed up on one xanga for at least a week.