If Robert X. Cringley thinks you are out of touch, then it must be so. He would know.
<AbeSimpson> I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. </AbeSimpson> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/189388/why_google_has_become_microsofts_evil_twin.html > > I was chatting with my fellow InfoWorld blogger Christina Tynan-Wood > this morning, and she brought up what I thought was a highly cogent > point. More and more, Google is starting to resemble Microsoft. She > wasn't talking about its sudden introduction of me-too products > (Google Buzz, hello?), or its insatiable appetite for new markets to > conquer, or its growing tendency to buy innovative technology > companies instead of creating its own stuff. > > Her point is that Google is becoming increasingly insular. It's like > the world ends at the edge of the Googleplex, and beyond that ... > there be monsters. Just like folks on the Redmond campus started to be > like back in the early '90s. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312121 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
