Anil Gangolli

Google and Apple SSDD

The image of Google and Apple as relatively benevolent ethical players in the industry is being tarnished as they exhibit the same hubris and megalomania as everyone else. What is it with these dufuses? They hugely undervalue the grass roots support that sustains their customer base. Huh? Goodwill? Who needs it.

Google’s recent AutoLink play reminds me of the 2003 Verisign SiteFinder scandal (“Oh hey, we own the damned DNS (don't we?). We'll just redirect all of those non-resolving domain names to our site. Yeah, that's the ticket!”)

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Posted at 01:33PM Mar 06, 2005 in tech  |  Permalink