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Re: [OM] OT: Google Wave

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Google Wave
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:22:21 +0000
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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