On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:28:18PM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > >No, you don't. They are becoming the next Microsoft. While they use > >linux, how many of their wonderful products are open source? > > None, they are a propritery software company, but they have a stated > policy of not tying their users to propritery protocols and they seem to > abide by it very well and I find it refreshing compared to the practices > of other comapnies, Microsoft included. > > So they are not saints, but they are not devils either.
I'll leave that to you do decide. What's wrong with using already exiting open protocols? Someone mentioned in this thread that "experts" did not like the SIP implementations for Linux. Why not improve them? > >They invested $100,000,000 in BPL, which will destroy all long range > >radio communictions including shortwave radio, ham radio, VHF lowband > >television and all of the IDF communitcaions where you see the long > >antennas. > > I have no idea what BPL is so I can't form an opinion. Broadband over Power Lines. A way of sending data using powerlines. It has failed every test run so far, including those in Israel. Powerlines were designed to transmit electrical power not radio waves. It's a huge waste of money and a disaster for anyone that uses radio devices. > > > > >A friend of mine from the U.S. pointed out that Google Earth uses > >the Arabic names for places in Israel that have both Hebrew and > >Arabic names. This has caused quite a stir in the Jewish community > >in Silicon Valley. > > Either choice they would have made they would have made someone angry. yes it would of, but why not both? > I don't see any problem with blanketing the world with free wifi. > Actually, I'm all in favour of them doing that. I'm for it too. I'm so for it, I invested $10,000 in a startup to offer free advertiser supported wifi in public places. It failed because Intel started the no charge wifi service in Jerusalem. I say no charge instead of free, because I and every other Jerusalem resident and business pay for it with our arnona. But Google is not, IMHO the company to do it. Other companies will simply fold or not even start up, being afraid that they day after they open up a Google network will be announced for their area and no one will by advertising from them or fund their companies. You'll end up like Jerusalem is now, no wifi in most places, bad coverage were there is any and you footing the bill. > Once again, I appluade their dedication to excellence and hope they will > raise the bar for other companies hiring practices even further. I agree with that, but next time you try to hire a programer and find you can't afford one, don't complain to me. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (077)-424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Support the growing boycott of Google by radio users and hobbyists. It's starting to work, Yahoo has surpassed Google. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
