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When Google talks about "do no evil", who do you think they were talking about?
- pg 19y agoIt's pretty impressive of Fred to talk openly about Microsoft being evil. Very few VCs would do that, because they wouldn't want to alienate such a powerful partner and/or potential acquirer for the startups they fund. Founders: this is the kind of VC you want on your side.
- okeumeni 19y agoI want to reiterate my advice to Xobni, Sell and run! These guys are beasts they will make a copy of Xobni and make you history, remember Netscape.
- paul 19y agoIt's funny to see people making this argument. When was the last time that MS released anything truly new or made any "competitor" history? Netscape was a long time ago.
- okeumeni 19y agoIt’s easy to say that when never played on MSFT turf; asked anyone of those companies building plug-ins or Add-ins for their platform. Ask your self why the Europeans are so hard on MSFT these days >1 billion in fines.
- Herring 19y ago"Microsoft messed with the technology industry for a decade..." He's talking like it's past tense. OOXML was just a few weeks ago. They worked hard for that bad reputation. And honestly given the billions they've made, I'm not sure I'd choose different.
- sabat 19y agoOf course, it was "don't be evil", but that's just semantics. Mr. Buchheit (sp?) came up with that famous motto. He meant it literally, from what he says: don't be like the other guys. Don't be evil. I don't think that's the same as "be perfect", but at least try to have pretty good intentions -- that's far and away better than most big companies.