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I think I'd argue that this _is_ analogous to academia (well at least to mathematics). Take Fermat's Last Theorem for example, it's commonly accepted that Andre
by andrew1 17y ago
I think I'd argue that this _is_ analogous to academia (well at least to mathematics). Take Fermat's Last Theorem for example, it's commonly accepted that Andrew Wiles proved the Theorem. However, without the work and results of thousands of other mathematicians throughout history he almost certainly could not have done so. The credit to those people is given within the proof; "combining the results of X with Y's theorem..." not in an enormous list on the front page. Equally, the name Google goes on the advertisements but within source code and blogs and bug fixes part of the credit goes to the technology that Chrome is built on.
- illumen 17y agoyeah, nice point. The standard way to give credit in academia is to list references throughout a work. It's funny that on the proof it reads - 'By ANDREW WILES*'. So even there he was giving credit. It also mentions Fermat in the title, and within the first paragraph references a bunch of others. Many open source projects use a section in their README, or a CREDITS file, or a credits link on their web pages... or a 'powered by X'. Many do all of these things. Web pages often have a tiny link with 'made by X, designed by X, or powered by X'. The business world often does not have this credit giving culture. Some times you might see 'coffee beans roasted by X' or other little notes on shop windows. Perhaps the employee of the month is another example. I guess the main point of the original poster is that they would have liked to be given some credit for their work... and that they felt sad and a little depressed to see google taking their credit. They want people to know that they made that and not google - despite what the google marketing machine is telling people. -- merry xmas