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Re: [OM] OT: Google Wave

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Google Wave
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:03:20 -0500
A corporations first rule is making a profit.  People be damned.  Too 
big to fail should be allowed to fail.  Kerplunk.....circle the bowl....
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Chris Barker wrote:
> You might be right, Dawid, in your wariness, but a successful
> organisation has to be big to survive or it will be taken over by a
> larger one.  Just look at what Microsoft does when it needs a new bit
> of software ...
> 
> But I don't agree that a corporation is required by law to make money
> for its shareholders; it must be successful to retain shareholders
> and profit normally contributes to that success.  But a company must
> have several facets to its operation to be successful and one of
> those will be its care for the client or customer.
> 
> I use Google for Gmail and Apps.  My 2 domains have email going
> through Google and it is very effective, being IMAP rather than POP.
> Wave is in its infancy so we shall have to wait and see.  Does your
> final paragraph mean that you would like an invitation?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 2 Dec 2009, at 13:07, Dawid Loubser wrote:
> 
>> P.S. I am greatly concerned about the inherent power people place
>> in the hands of a single corporation like Google (who is by law
>> mandated to make money for their shareholders above all other
>> causes) in the form of willingly hosting or channeling *all* forms 
>> of information:
>> 
>> - e-mail - documents - calendars - contact info - geographic /
>> photographic information regarding locations - etc etc
>> 
>> through this one company. Why do people trust Google so much? Far
>> too much power that can affect far too many people are in the hands
>> of one money- making machine.
>> 
>> I truly believe that services such as web search must be via fully
>>  open-source software hosted on publicly-funded infrastructure.
>> Google has woven themselves into society to such an extent, that
>> their existence is almost guaranteed no matter what evil things
>> they may choose to do.
>> 
>> That is not right... Do we really want a world where ONE
>> corporation owns your information, your web browser, your phone,
>> your operating system, etc etc?
>> 
>> Anyway, I just have a very bad feeling about all of this. On the
>> topic of "Waves" though, for anybody who's read their information,
>> the idea is quite a novel attempt at superseding older (but
>> successful) forms of message-based communication, such as e- mail.
> 
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