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The way I've always heard is that Google was coming up while the DOJ was tearing into Microsoft for anti trust and so was very culturally aware of the impact th
by estsauver 9y ago
The way I've always heard is that Google was coming up while the DOJ was tearing into Microsoft for anti trust and so was very culturally aware of the impact that government can have on the success of a company.
- maxerickson 9y agoThey took a decade to really get going with it. See the chart midway through here: https://www.theverge.com/2012/4/23/2968686/google-joins-lobbying-elite https://www.theverge.com/2012/4/23/2968686/google-joins-lobb... Before 2009 they weren't spending all that much. The company was flush with cash at least since the 2004 IPO.