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I am bit tired by these VP-speak articles. So what really was the discussion with Eric Brewer? What arguments made him suddenly agreed to open source? Why was U
by telltruth 8y ago
I am bit tired by these VP-speak articles. So what really was the discussion with Eric Brewer? What arguments made him suddenly agreed to open source? Why was Urs rejected this before? Why are you not allowed to write about this?
This whole article is like “I talked to my VP and convinced him to open source internal tool. We at Google are the best and everything we have build is the best and here’s the link for free trial.”
And how the heck did you got “number of years” worth of coding number?
- amarkov 8y agoMost business ideas aren't rejected for any kind of compact reason. The decisionmaker typically has other things that are higher priority, or they just kinda avoid giving a green light until it's interpreted as a rejection.
- mlazos 8y agoYeah I felt like barfing when he said “Good ideas usually win out at Google, and we were convinced this was a good idea.” It’s like dude you’re using an anecdote about running into a VP on a shuttle ride and saying this? Google is such a magic non-political place.