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As much as this phrase is a cliché on the internet, I believe it is entirely justified in this case: well played. More seriously, I think the fact that the per
by JonnieCache 15y ago
As much as this phrase is a cliché on the internet, I believe it is entirely justified in this case: well played.
More seriously, I think the fact that the person high up enough to lay three billion dollars on the table was also the kind of person who knows about Meissel–Mertens constant says a lot about google's structure. Either that or the whole thing was a whimsical piece of obtuse preplanned PR, which still says a lot.
- MikeCapone 15y agoIf anything, it's good for the brand (at least with the people that matter).
- protomyth 15y agoWho do you feel are "the people that matter" in Google's case?
- Natsu 15y agoI assume he means the smart hacker types, because they're about the only people who would appreciate that sort of thing.
- eneveu 15y agoGoogle generates a lot of good will in the developer community: lots of open source projects, Google Summer of Code, free hardware at developer conferences, Google tech talks, hacker "jokes"... I don't know if this is a deliberate strategy, or if it simply stems from the company's culture and values, but it sure helps them. I personally love them. Winning the hackers and early adopters is a key to winning a market. I'd bet the majority of Google+ early adopters belong to the tech crowd. Similarly, many Android early adopters (from the tech crowd) convinced their friends and family to switch. It's also good for recruiting :)
- protomyth 15y agoI get the feeling that investors might not get the joke when dealing with billions of dollars. If the patents come back to haunt Google, I bet the shareholder meeting will be fun.
- yuhong 15y agoYea, who do you think Larry Page and Sergey Brin is?