Ty, for this interesting aspect, Mark! I think the Wikipedia page should be changed.
Am Montag, 1. August 2016 23:44:20 UTC+2 schrieb Mark Nuzzolilo: > > One theory is that Google may not be aware that OpenCog has a linking > exception in its AGPL license, whereas the Wikipedia page lists the > project as AGPL without mentioning the linking exception. This is a > huge, huge detail that would potentially affect interest by a party > such as Google. > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 1:06 AM, Andi <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Gaurav, > > speaking about Google I mean Alphabet inc. which former was Google inc. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc. > > Revenue 2016 will be about 80.000.000.000 USD, earnings about > 20.000.000.000 > > USD, liquid money about 75.000.000.000. > > > > In an TV-interview the head of google X-labs in Switzerland said google > has > > to spend 1,5 billion USD every week. So it was a loose estimation that > they > > could spend 500.000.000 USD every week on new projects. > > > > Looking more closely to this I found out that it is usual for companies > to > > spend a big part of the earnings on growth and new projects for not > having > > to pay to much tax. The tech people would like to spend every thing on > new > > projects but the share holders want to have some profits. > > > > The losses produced by the x-labs, where all the new things are done, > are > > about 4 billion every year and share holders start complaining. So it is > > more realistic to say that they have some ten millions to spend on new > > projects every week not 500.000.000 as I said. > > > > But AGI is essential for Google! More essential than just to spend money > > that can be wasted to save tax. > > And it is not an easy thing! > > For intelligent people it is more easy than for others - they need just > to > > watch how things are done in their own mind... and put it to software. > But > > if you look around you will find that not so many are able to do this. > But > > Ben obviously can. I see no one who has the same overview and is working > so > > hard and so long on this topic like he. Or see what linas is doing with > link > > grammar. It's overwelming. > > > > So if Google want to advance quick they should fund several teams in > > parallel. And OpenGog would be worth some million in all cases. > > > > --Andi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am Sonntag, 31. Juli 2016 06:35:30 UTC+2 schrieb Gaurav Gautam: > >> > >> I did not know Google was that rich! > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "opencog" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/b818481a-6be7-46c5-aa0b-2a3b6e2a71c9%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/015ef336-8d73-4dd6-9de2-03320e99b869%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
