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Ive long felt that there is an eerie parallel between Google and Standard Oil (the historic Oil company owned by John D Rockefeller). Heres a quote from the wik
by dman 16y ago
Ive long felt that there is an eerie parallel between Google and Standard Oil (the historic Oil company owned by John D Rockefeller). Heres a quote from the wikipedia page for Standard Oil - "The company grew by increasing sales and also through acquisitions. After purchasing competing firms, Rockefeller shut down those he believed to be inefficient and kept the others. In a seminal deal, in 1868, the Lake Shore Railroad, a part of the New York Central, gave Rockefeller's firm a going rate of one cent a gallon or forty-two cents a barrel, an effective 71% discount off of its listed rates in return for a promise to ship at least 60 carloads of oil daily and to handle the loading and unloading on its own.[citation needed] Smaller companies decried such deals as unfair because they were not producing enough oil to qualify for discounts."
- delano 16y agoThat sounds like they found an efficient deal for both sides.
- pi3832 16y agoThe industry and consumers were much better off with Standard Oil controlling most of the industry. It stabilized markets and led to more efficient crude and refined oil production.
- dman 16y agoSignificant portions of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil would disagree with that assessment.
- Charuru 16y agoErr actually I think this is the exact opposite of the Google situation, where Google would be paying MORE to deliver their stuff. Lol?
- dman 16y agoThe relativistic comparision is not to what they used to pay, but what their competitors will pay in the new reality.
- Charuru 16y agoWhat are you saying? Standard Oil + More Volume = Cheaper Shipping / Unfair Advantage Competitors + Less Volume = More expensive Shipping Google + More Volume = More Expensive Delivery Competitors + Less Volume = More Expensive Delivery if want higher tier, no change otherwise. I don't understand your position.