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How does this make it to the front page? Gruber cuts and pastes a third party quote from Schmidt and this make HN top stories? Perhaps linking to a more compl
by 51Cards 16y ago
How does this make it to the front page? Gruber cuts and pastes a third party quote from Schmidt and this make HN top stories? Perhaps linking to a more complete article would be more beneficial. Say the interview where the quote was taken out of context:
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091007/live-from-new-york-google-cofounder-sergey-brin-meets-the-press/ http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091007/live-from-new-york-...
The context is more along the lines of Schmidt was commenting on how Google was entering a buying phase again. They had a reputation of finding small start-ups that were interesting and absorbing them. He then points back to how some of these turned out to be big wins, like Android and Google Earth. Buying a startup for a couple million is peanuts to Google. I think they are more profitable by moving quickly on these "small" tech purchases than sitting and debating the logistics beforehand.
- riffer 16y agoSometimes less is more
- 51Cards 16y agoContext is everything.
- CurrentB 16y agoeh, I find the isolated quote interesting and relevant in light of the recent CEO change (surely the reason it was posted).
- 51Cards 16y agoWell if you look at the interview, the next question is about large purchases and that those require review. I.E. These two items were very small when they were bought, Youtube (the example given) wasn't and requires evaluation to make sure it will pay off. Pulling this quote out of context is trying to make it look like Schmidt wasn't in the know. When in reality at the time these were bought they were very tiny, and only grew into the "power-houses" they are now under Google's tenure.