firstadopter.com— Google is trying to offer free Wi-Fi to San Francisco residents at 300k/sec. Go Google go, take the stodgy greedy telecom companies down!
Oct 1, 2005View in Crawl 4
Nothing in this word comes free... and I'm sure not even this google offer! C'mon Google is suppose to make money ... if they continue this kind of act and if I'm google share holder i will sell out those share .. seems stupid to me
Oh man you Sandie's get it all hey? I mean, over in Aussie land, there are only 3 types of Oreo.. Orig, Choc, Peanut butter - They are all so different compared to the USA/CA types. Good ol' Google. I want Google Alcohol, 'find me some fun'
"Microsoft was NEVER 'cool.'"Clearly you weren't around when 90% of the stories in the tech press were drooling over Microsoft and when the business-plans of most start-ups revolved around how they could align their business to be bought by Microsoft.Similar things are now happening to Google. Look how sites have sprung up based on Google maps, making money with adverts from Google."exactly WHAT happened with Microsoft? Sorry, but they're just a competitive company doing exactly what you would do to rake in the cash.."What happened to Microsoft is that their business was based on using their position in the market, so that they did not *need* to compete. The problem is they went from competing in a market to controlling it.Likewise, the problem with Google is that they are ceasing to compete in markets, and are starting to control them.Is there anything wrong in Google using their financial muscle and market position to spread their influence further? From a business point of view, no. Of course not. They are doing their job. Would I do the same thing? Probably. But I think if society hands over more and more control to an organization, (or me, or you) that has no social contract, then that is dangerous.If you hand over control to a company for everything you see, find and look for on the Internet, then don't complain in a few years if some government, some corporation or whoever pays them off to get you to think what it wants.If you think that is ludicrous, then try searching for pro-Democracy web sites in an Internet cafe in Beijing.I don't blame Google for trying this. I can understand why people will want to use it. I just don't think it's a good thing. That's all.
xamoxOct 1, 2005
Digg is 1/2 google post.
echimuOct 1, 2005
Nothing in this word comes free... and I'm sure not even this google offer! C'mon Google is suppose to make money ... if they continue this kind of act and if I'm google share holder i will sell out those share .. seems stupid to me
Closed AccountOct 1, 2005
Oh man you Sandie's get it all hey? I mean, over in Aussie land, there are only 3 types of Oreo.. Orig, Choc, Peanut butter - They are all so different compared to the USA/CA types. Good ol' Google. I want Google Alcohol, 'find me some fun'
shamankingOct 1, 2005
not impressed
macgyverOct 1, 2005
@mirunitCould you explain EV-DO a little? How is 300k/sec on that different than 300k/sec on a standard network?
maajidOct 1, 2005
"google has no intention of making money .... business is business."Business my friend, is all about making money.
davidgOct 1, 2005
"Microsoft was NEVER 'cool.'"Clearly you weren't around when 90% of the stories in the tech press were drooling over Microsoft and when the business-plans of most start-ups revolved around how they could align their business to be bought by Microsoft.Similar things are now happening to Google. Look how sites have sprung up based on Google maps, making money with adverts from Google."exactly WHAT happened with Microsoft? Sorry, but they're just a competitive company doing exactly what you would do to rake in the cash.."What happened to Microsoft is that their business was based on using their position in the market, so that they did not *need* to compete. The problem is they went from competing in a market to controlling it.Likewise, the problem with Google is that they are ceasing to compete in markets, and are starting to control them.Is there anything wrong in Google using their financial muscle and market position to spread their influence further? From a business point of view, no. Of course not. They are doing their job. Would I do the same thing? Probably. But I think if society hands over more and more control to an organization, (or me, or you) that has no social contract, then that is dangerous.If you hand over control to a company for everything you see, find and look for on the Internet, then don't complain in a few years if some government, some corporation or whoever pays them off to get you to think what it wants.If you think that is ludicrous, then try searching for pro-Democracy web sites in an Internet cafe in Beijing.I don't blame Google for trying this. I can understand why people will want to use it. I just don't think it's a good thing. That's all.
jervanaOct 1, 2005
GO GOOGLE. I'M IN SF AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
anagamiOct 1, 2005
"I don't think I would mind if google ruled the world."they will never rule the world if they make most of their services USA-centric.
1260Oct 13, 2005
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