I think under Larry's stewardship Google will start looking more like it's old self (albeit wearing a 300lb gorilla suit). At its core Google is a bunch of incredibly smart guys, raised on a diet of openness and collaboration and given more latitude than most employees - the perfect place for open source to thrive.
Whilst I accept at times they look more secretive than open, good things will find their way into public life and, coming from Google, many will be open. Just not all.
Great to see but having come from a corporate IT background I have to say this kind of thinking is very rare. The more people "banging the drum" the better and I love hearing stories like this and the now classic Ernie Ball pioneering switch: http://news.cnet.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html. Whilst I have no doubt the end state is very encouraging, we all get impatient with the slow progress !
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I think under Larry's stewardship Google will start looking more like it's old self (albeit wearing a 300lb gorilla suit). At its core Google is a bunch of incredibly smart guys, raised on a diet of openness and collaboration and given more latitude than most employees - the perfect place for open source to thrive.
Whilst I accept at times they look more secretive than open, good things will find their way into public life and, coming from Google, many will be open. Just not all.
Great to see but having come from a corporate IT background I have to say this kind of thinking is very rare. The more people "banging the drum" the better and I love hearing stories like this and the now classic Ernie Ball pioneering switch: http://news.cnet.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html. Whilst I have no doubt the end state is very encouraging, we all get impatient with the slow progress !