[governance] More... Google: "Internet Freedom!"... (to do whatever it pleases and serves its business interests?

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Tue Dec 4 12:05:27 EST 2012


On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:32 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Adam, the issue is not the new/old business models (and I have no particular
> bias one way or another for old or new enterprises or their business
> models--and to be clear I sincerely admire and appreciate Google as a
> company, their products, their highly competent and effective staff and
> spokespeople, and their overall demeanour).
>
> What is important, as the Spiegel article is pointing to, is the way in
> which Google is using its market strength (and one should say, their overall
> new media savvy) to attempt to manipulate political processes.


Because something is also self-serving, it doesn't make it the wrong
thing to do.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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