So, what does everyone think about this one? I'm loving it because I think Google is a great company with very creative people. With Sun's expertise they are going to do some really cool stuff I think. Time will tell.

fir those of us who don't actively read the news (go fig, I own a tech news site but i hate reading), what're you talkin about?

There ya go dude lol..

and we all know what sintax thinks on that :p

If Google is going to take over the world, then sign me up. Google employees get more perks than foreign diplomats.

The pigs in animal farm were so nice in the beguining of the book....


I am assuming this is not about free wifi but about this

Yea, I was referring to Google and Sun teaming up. Although, I think the free WiFi is great. Too bad I live 3000 miles away. Maybe they can use some extended range access points. haha.

The boys and girls at google are creative I will give you that, I have been and in many ways am a fan of google. But They are weilding a lot of power now. They now have a lot of info, personal info. As they expand in ways I am starting to notice a pattern. There will be other Free WiFI citys in the near future. Google will eventualy go head to head with major telco's and ISP's

Picture a Microsoft + AOL TIme Warner + AT&T

This will be Google. Any company in history wich wields Masive amounts of power abuses it.

Examples include

Ma Bell before the break up
Standard Oil
Time Warner
AOL
Microsoft


I am not saying google is evil persay. I am saying just be mindful of the patern which has happened time and again.

The problem with that comparison is that those companies rely on money gained directly from the public, and so don't mind screwing other companies over. Since google makes its money through ads, it has a symbiotic relationship with both companies and the public. Google will continue to provide free services, hoping to attract more users, while still maintaining fair business practices in order to keep getting money from other companies. IMHO, it's a win-win situation.

You would think. Remember Google is now a public company. They have stock holders to answer to. These stock holders do not like thier only source of revenue being ads. Google has been trying lately to find other streams of revenue due to investor pressure.

Thier getting into VOIP puts them right in the telco market. Once the stock was sold, many things changed.

so then it's the stock holders that are inheritly evil

greed is a deadly sin. I will leave it like this. Name a company that got huge Re-wrote the laws of business and lead an industry that didn't become shadey.

No, not the stockholders themselves. It's the entire system that is inherently wrong. Capitalism begets greed. Hell, the entire idea is based on a deadly sin. Too bad we really don't have a better alternative.

I, for one, find it ironic that the people who are in support of anarchy, also hate free enterprise. If the government stepped in and took over everything, people would bitch about not having freedom. If the government leaves companies alone, the same people bitch about the companies having too much power. WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT!?!?!?

wtf did anarchy come from?