Google's Insular Nature

stockpicker_dude_78 writes "Robert Cringley has written a thought-provoking article on Google's insular nature, and compares them to the similar environment at Microsoft." From the article: "Google is secretive. This started as a deliberate marketing mystique, but endures today more as a really annoying company habit. Google folks don't understand why the rest of us have a problem with this, but then Google folks aren't like you and me. The result of this secrecy and Google's 'almighty algorithm' mentality is that the company makes changes -- and mistakes -- without informing its customers or even doing all that much to correct the problems."

Zonk, we need to talk

[Anonymous Coward]

You are violating line #247 of our contract. Namely:

"The signer agrees to publish only stories that praise Google as supreme ruler of the universe."

You may yet be spared if you delete this article.

Love,
Google

Google is evil

[liangzai]

I really believe they are a secret affiliate to Microsoft. They still refuse to index application/xml+xhtml pages, and what browser is it that can't display such pages?

Also, their UI is as inferior as Microsoft's.

To me, they ARE Micrsoft, and therefore evil.

Shame on all of you who bought their slogan... and congrats on Google for such smooth sales operations, fooling even the tech savvy whiz kids.

I only got this far...

[eddeye]

Robert Cringley has written a thought-provoking article...

segmentation fault, core dumped