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diff --git a/content/posts/2006-01-12-we-really-meant-do-very-little-evil.html b/content/posts/2006-01-12-we-really-meant-do-very-little-evil.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc03944 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2006-01-12-we-really-meant-do-very-little-evil.html @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +date: "2006-01-12T22:32:45Z" +title: We Really Meant "Do Very Little Evil" +--- + +<p>Is the <a href="http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/Rooster.htm">year of the Rooster</a> <a href="http://google.com/">Google</a>'s last year of +benevolence? Until now, <a href="http://google.com/">Google</a> has managed to be the darling of the +<a href="http://slashdot.org/">caffeine-saturated Slashdot crowd</a>, +the scourge of <a href="http://microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a>, and +generally one step ahead of everyone +else. Oh, the <a href="http://google.com/">Google</a> search engine isn't too bad either.</p> + +<p>So what's up with <a href="http://google.com/">Google</a> as of late? In the past few months, +<a href="http://google.com/">Google</a> has </p> + +<ul> +<li>Released <a href="http://pack.google.com/">GooglePack</a>, an underwhelming Windows-centric +software pack</li> +<li>Released, then pulled, <a href="http://google-analytics.com/">Google Analytics</a>, an ad-targeting system</li> +<li><a href="http://news.com.com/What+the+Google-AOL+deal+means+for+users/2100-1024_3-6010327.html">Partnered</a> with <a href="http://aol.com/">AOL</a>, and agreed to give <a href="http://aol.com/">AOL</a> +advertising and content some sort of preferential treatment</li> +<li>Released <a href="http://video.google.com/">Google Video</a>, a proprietary, +<acronym title='Digital Rights Management'>DRM</acronym>-encumbered +video store and client</li> +</ul> + +<p>Even if we ignore the first two as silliness and attribute the third as +a hedge bet against <a href="http://microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a>, that still leaves us with a company +— who's by-line, incidentally, is "do no evil" — releasing yet another bloody +<acronym title='Digital Rights Management'>DRM</acronym>-crippled media +player. Which means more vendor lock-in, and more media in a format +which can't be easily — or, in some places, legally — +transferred between +programs.</p> + +<p>Then again, maybe they're just having an off month. I guess we'll just +have to wait and see.</p> + + |