Clearly, you haven't had hundreds of your gadgets disappear over the last 3-9 months that you've worked so hard creating to support a platform that now seems to be at its maturity [as in, no more high growth]. (and no, my gadgets are not spam gadgets)
You also don't have a grasp on the single imperative of a publicly traded company: Money. "Do no evil" is just a philosophy that publicly traded companies (like Google) want to appear as having integrated into their framework. It really is a great moto, PR line, and branding but where the rubber hits the road... it ain't there. It's about the Bennies. I don't really care if the removal of our gadgets is intentional or unintentional. It's not getting fixed. That's what matters. It's clearly a known problem and "evil" can be applied to unintentional inaction as well as deliberate action and everything inbetween. They may not be out to get anyone (which i hope is the case), but rectifying the situation is controllable. Not fixing this is "evil." period. Let me see you try to argue to a cop that pulled you over for doing 80mph that "Oh, I didn't know this was a 45mph zone." Ignorance doesn't exempt you from doing evil. (you could argue that evil has a cultural definition, is subjective, and yada yada, but that's a discussion for another time and place). Yes, i'm a bit angry at Google (for a multitude of reasons), but that doesn't preempt my logic. On Nov 27, 9:12 pm, Ben Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 27, 2009, at 3:29 PM, javalizard wrote: > > > Don't you know? This is how Google applies their "Do No Evil" theory. > > Goethe: > "...misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world > than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much > less frequent." > > I would be willing to wager that either a recent software update > caused the glitch and it was uncaught in testing, or that it was a > recognized side effect and judged to be inconsequential over a short > period of time -- and as programmers we should all know how an > expected "short period of time" can drag on much longer than > anticipated. > > I agree it does not reflect well on the platform, but I hardly think > they are out to get you. > > -- > > Ben Curtis : webwright > bivia : a personal web studio > http://www.bivia.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
