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> Google is winning now, with its even more extremely closed source software known as google search Google search is not closed source as it is a hosted servic
by patrickaljord 16y ago
> Google is winning now, with its even more extremely closed source software known as google search
Google search is not closed source as it is a hosted service. It would be if it was redistributed under closed source license. This is why RMS himself said he uses Google.
> It's just pretending to support OSS. Without actually giving away the crown jewels.
It has not given sources, but Google gave many papers about the technics they use such as map/reduce and compression which enable projects such hadoop, yahoo search and even Bing.
- alnayyir 16y ago>This is why RMS himself said he uses Google. Where exactly did he say this? He's opposed cloud services from the beginning and designed GPLv3 to attack web apps. Last I checked, the man scarcely browsed the web.
- patrickaljord 16y agoRMS opposes software as a service, Google Search is no such thing http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-se...
- alnayyir 16y agoThe only mentions of Google concern Google Docs being SAAS and thus being unacceptable. Hence, he was still lying about Stallman "using Google search". My cry of shenanigans stands.