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+date: "2006-01-12T22:32:45Z"
+title: We Really Meant "Do Very Little Evil"
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+<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&#95;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
+&mdash; who's by-line, incidentally, is "do no evil" &mdash; 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 &mdash; or, in some places, legally &mdash;
+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>
+
+
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