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The Plusses and Minuses of Emulating
Open Source
The Plusses and Minuses of Emulating
Open Source
02/01/2005 09:50 PMDuring the last few months, Microsoft's developer division has been
seeking a way to release to beta testers more interim builds of its
tools, similar to the way that open-source vendors do. But has the
experiment proved to be a positive or negative one?
Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.
Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.
03/13/2003 10:26 AMThis excellent piece by Steven Johnson touches on some of the bigger
ideas few people have been thinking about in all the Blogger/Google
speculation and analysis.
Google's 6th
Google's 6th
09/07/2004 02:27 PM It's Google's sixth birthday....
Google's Way May Not Be S.E.C.'s Way
Google's Way May Not Be S.E.C.'s Way
08/13/2004 10:57 PMNew York Times Aug 14 2004 3:41AM GMT
Google's IPO
Google's IPO
05/09/2004 07:18 AMGoogle's IPO1) New York Times:
How John Doerr, the Old Prospector, Finally Struck Googlehttp:
//www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/technology/03doerr.html2) NPR's Tech Guru Omar Wasow: Google's IPOhttp://www
.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=18746533)
San Jose Mercury News: Google IPO Translates Into Multiple
Billionshttp://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/8601819.htm?1c
4) ITWorld.com: Google IPO May Help Raise
Fortunes of Tech Industryhttp://www.it
world.com/Tech/4535/040430googleipo/5) Saint
Petersburg Times: Google Sets Up IPO with a Twisthttp://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/30/Business/Google_sets_up_IPO_
wi.shtmlWhile the boom and bust IPO craze of the
nineties has largely been replaced by wary investors and a battlefield
of tech startups, possibly the biggest IPO of the millennium is about
to take place. Google, the inimitable company that has defined the use
of the Internet and transformed its name into a verb, is soon to hit
the market. In an amusing test, a search for "Google IPO" on Google
itself reveals 984,000 entries from which to pick. Thus, here are a
few, leaving 984,995 from which to choose at your leisure. The first
site (1) takes you to the New York Times' piece on a person you'd love
to be right now, John Doerr, who was one of the venture capitalists
that put money in Google's pockets at the get go. The second link is
to NPR's recent story on Google's IPO and a report from the Tech Guru,
Omar Wasow (2). The third link takes you to an article from the San
Jose Mercury news that highlights just how much money will head
towards Google's employees (3). ITWorld.com highlights how this IPO
may resurrect the tattered fortunes of the tech industry in the fourth
site (4 ). And, the last site is from the Saint Petersburg Times,
which offers this article explaining the Google-like twist Google is
putting on this IPO in order to try to allow common folk to snatch a
few shares before the mega-investors sweep in (5) [From The NSDL Scout
Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout
Project 1994-2003.
http://scout.wisc.edu/]
Google's IPO: Asking Too Much?
Google's IPO: Asking Too Much?
07/27/2004 09:26 AMSource: BusinessWeek - The search giant projects an offering price of
up to $135. That may prove a bit rich for an outfit with just one main
product....
try out google's new look
try out google's new look
03/08/2004 11:17 PMan elegant little bookmarklet lets you peek at the possible new design
The best of the Web: Google's IPO
The best of the Web: Google's IPO
04/30/2004 07:05 PMGoogle's IPO filing generated intense media coverage. These are some
of the more interesting stories based on topics such as the people
behind the company, the investor angle and the big picture.
Will Google's IPO Be a Must-Buy?
Will Google's IPO Be a Must-Buy?
04/27/2004 10:22 AMFortune Apr 27 2004 1:47PM GMT
Google's Top 40
Google's Top 40
12/25/2004 11:40 PMGlasgow Sunday Mail Dec 26 2004 1:30AM GMT
Want in on Google's IPO?
Want in on Google's IPO?
04/29/2004 07:06 PMThe search engine is opening its long-expected public offering to the
masses through a rare auction process. But ordinary folks will still
need to jump through hoops to land some of the coveted shares.
Google's Top 100
Google's Top 100
11/11/2002 09:22 PMWhat are the most linked-to pages? If you do a search for "http" (as
in, http://) you get something pretty close to the answer. It's
probably not exact (Google and Yahoo are reversed from their Google
Directory rankings, for example) but it's pretty interesting. How
close are you to one of the big names? I'm two hops from number 21....
Is Google's IPO a Must-Buy?
Is Google's IPO a Must-Buy?
04/29/2004 04:18 PMFortune Apr 29 2004 8:12PM GMT
Google's Gag Order
Google's Gag Order
06/23/2004 11:08 AMPerrspectives: Google's Gag Order. Another piece on Google's bizarre
no-hate-ads policy, but this one suggests it is applied with a
conservative bias. The author had a political commentary website which
included an article which called the President "secretive, paranoid
and vengeance-filled". His site was taken down. Yet another site,
whose _name_ is "Michael Moore Hates America", is allowed to run ads
for "Michael Moore". It is increasingly clear that Google cannot
enforce their censorship policy with any semblance of fairness. Worse,
[their editorial policy in ads undermines their claim of fair,
computer-generated
results](http://google.blogspace.com/archives/001233). Google should
stick to ensuring adds are accurate, and let the computer decide which
ones to show based on which are popular....
More Photos of Google's New Look
More Photos of Google's New Look
02/10/2004 02:46 AMMore photos of Google's new look/redesign, courtesy of minty....
Google's New Price
Google's New Price
08/18/2004 01:04 PMReuters: Google Slashes IPO, SEC OK Expected Today.
Google Inc. slashed the size of its closely watched initial public
offering nearly in half to less than $2 billion on Wednesday,
splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet
IPO in years.
Cold water, no. But definitely a
well-deserved rebuke by the investor community that was being asked to
pay way too much in the first place.
There's been a significant whiff of greed in the Google IPO saga,
combined with some unfortunate arrogance on the part of the company.
I'm glad to see that investors didn't buy the hype beyond a fairly
sensible point.
Even $80 sounds a little high to me, but it's at least in the
not-totally-insane range.
Google's supercomputer
Google's supercomputer
05/12/2004 08:22 AM
Network theorists believe that all networks inevitably form hubs. The
"services fabric" that enterprise architects are now weaving may sound
egalitarian, but it's not immune to this law. Google's supercomputer
-- or supernode -- gives it a leg up on the competition. Yours,
however you define it, will too. [Full story at
InfoWorld.com]
Echoes of the Google-as-supercomputer meme are everywhere lately.
Sun's new chief, Jonathan Schwartz, invoked it when we met with him
recently. His take: Sure, Google runs its search and mail applications
on Google, but it runs its business applications on Solaris. Coherent
symmetric multiprocessing scales in a different direction, Schwartz
said, and that's where Solaris 10 is headed with its revamped and
highly granular partitioning.
...Re: New google's top query?
Re: New google's top query?
08/27/2004 01:32 PMAlex Keller (Aug 23 2004)
Google's desktop bet
Google's desktop bet
05/21/2004 03:41 PMGoogle's for bravehearts
Google's for bravehearts
08/21/2004 08:59 AMThe Mercury Aug 21 2004 12:34PM GMT
Google's Hot IPO Cools A
Google's Hot IPO Cools A
08/18/2004 02:45 PMTechzonez Aug 18 2004 6:46PM GMT
Learning from Google's IPO
Learning from Google's IPO
09/01/2004 07:40 AMExperts at Wharton say Google's initial public offering seems to be a
success, but they note it's too early to issue a verdict.
What is Google's Mission?
What is Google's Mission?
01/26/2004 05:16 PMIt appears the Google mission statement is a fluid document.
Google's top execs cut their pay to $1
Google's top execs cut their pay to $1
04/08/2005 08:28 PMCBS Marketwatch Apr 9 2005 12:31AM GMT
Google's IPO goes ahead
Google's IPO goes ahead
08/18/2004 08:24 PMMelbourne Age Aug 19 2004 0:56AM GMT
Google's shares
Google's shares
07/29/2004 01:41 PMThe Economist Jul 29 2004 4:43PM GMT
Google's Ph.D. Advantage
Google's Ph.D. Advantage
06/07/2004 10:30 AMGoogle's man behind the curtain
Google's man behind the curtain
05/10/2004 06:01 AMCraig Silverstein is director of technology at Google, which, these
pre-IPO days, may very well be the search company's most important
job.
Google's Two Revolutions
Google's Two Revolutions
12/27/2004 11:48 PMhttp://www.activewin.com/imagene/articles/awlogo-google.gif
Google's under the microscope
Google's under the microscope
04/28/2004 07:35 AMZDNet Apr 28 2004 11:56AM GMT
About Google's response
About Google's response
04/23/2004 07:13 PM
I didn't like Google's response yesterday which came through Evan Williams. It
was about as snotty as it could be, and started a whole bunch of
people characterizing the issue as a conspiracy theory. How Nixonesqe.
This is par for the course, Google's PR with the blogging community is
usually like this these days, but it wasn't always so. There was a
time when they dealt with us with respect, understanding that we are
part of the Web that they cover with their search engine. As they've
grown they seem to have forgotten that.
But in fact, Google does do things to force Atom
support, so the conjecture is reasonable, and Evan didn't deny they
were doing it.
Exactly this sort of thing happened with the Google Toolbar and
its support for Blogger, just weeks after they said they wouldn't do
anything to favor it over other weblog tools. They said it was just a
beta, but the beta became a shipping product and they never explained
why they weren't breaking the promise. In fact they were. There were
APIs they could have used which would have made their toolbar work
with any blogging tool. This would have clearly been the appropriate
technical, not-evil, approach.
Google is a very powerful company that plays very fast with
developers and content providers. Up till now none of the issues have
involved the crawler or the search engine. Now they've crossed into
that territory. We deserve a better answer than the one Evan gave us,
certainly a more respectfully stated one.
Disclaimer: I own stock in UserLand, which Blogger competes
with. Blogger is part of Google. I don't own stock in any other
technology company.
Google's IPO seeks $2.7bn
Google's IPO seeks $2.7bn
04/30/2004 03:25 AMZDNet UK Apr 30 2004 7:53AM GMT
Battelle on Google's S-1
Battelle on Google's S-1
04/30/2004 03:37 AMJohn Battelle's analysis of Google's S-1 filing -- and particularily,
the charming-but-stilted founders' letter -- is fascinating and
insightful:
The letter states, among other things, that 1. We don't need to do
this for the money; 2. We have no plans to run our business to satisfy
Wall Street's need for smooth earnings predictability; 3. We plan to
give no earnings guidance, not at least as it's understood on Wall
St.; 4. Don't ask us to do so, we'll simply decline the request; 5.
We'll do odd things that you won' t understand; 6. We will make big
bets on things that may not work out; 7. We run the company as a
triumvirate, so there will not be clear leadership from one person
like most other companies; 8. We bridge the media and tech industries
(interesting), which are in flux, so we've chosen a two-class stock
structure similar to the NYT, WashPost, and NYT that helps us avoid
being taken over by those forces; 9. We plan using an auction model,
as it feels fairer and we understand auctions from AdWords; 10. Don't
invest in us if this scares you at all, or the price feels too high;
11. Don't even think about asking us to cut expenses with regard to
our employees; 12. We believe in the idea of Don't Be Evil; 13. It's
evil to pay for placement or inclusion (a swipe at Yahoo); 14. We hope
to bridge the digital divide through Gmail type free services and a
foundation with at least 1% of profits and equity to help make the
world a better place; 17. Betting on Google is a bet on Sergey and
Larry (this was said multiple times, making me wonder if there wasn't
some odd future blame being assigned here by the VCs or bankers); 18.
This letter is our way of answering the questions we can't answer in
the coming months due to the IPO quiet period.
LinkGoogle's Genius
Google's Genius
04/30/2004 12:02 PMGoogle had three different pressures on them. They had investors who
wanted desperately to send Google money. They had shareholders who
wanted to cash out. And they had founders who didn't want to give
anything up and wanted to stay honest. Their IPO cleverly manages to
solve all three problems. The founders keep honest by telling folks
they have no respect for investors and that Google is probably a bad
investment (and also by bypassing the comically corrupt investment
bank system). They keep control through the dual-class stock system.
And then they let the investors hand their money to the shareholders.
Now I'm no expert, but IPO lawyer Gordon Smith, at his venturpreneur
weblog, has been analyzing the Google IPO and doesn't think Google has
much of a growth story. Nor, apparently, does anyone else....
Google's dot.com revolution
Google's dot.com revolution
04/30/2004 07:09 PMNews 24 Apr 30 2004 11:11PM GMT
Google's new ToS: Now you can say how
much you make
Google's new ToS: Now you can say how
much you make
03/17/2005 03:56 AMCory Doctorow:
Glenn sez, "Google updated its AdSense TOS and now lets its affiliates
discuss what they make:
You agree not to disclose Google Confidential Information without
Google's prior written consent. 'Google Confidential Information'
includes without limitation: (a) all Google software, technology,
programming, specifications, materials, guidelines and documentation
relating to the Program; (b) click-through rates or other statistics
relating to Site performance in the Program provided to You by Google;
and (c) any other information designated in writing by Google as
'Confidential' or an equivalent designation. However, You may
accurately disclose the amount of Googleâ's gross payments to You
pursuant to the Program.
(
Thanks, Glenn!)
Google's Suggestions
Google's Suggestions
12/19/2004 03:18 PM"Google
Suggest"-- start typing a word in the search box and it makes
on-the-fly suggestions about what you're looking for. Fascinating...
Google's sale is for US only
Google's sale is for US only
05/01/2004 09:21 PMGuardian Unlimited May 2 2004 0:23AM GMT
The How and Why of Google's Auction
The How and Why of Google's Auction
05/03/2004 02:25 AMBusiness Week May 3 2004 6:13AM GMT
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