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I disagree with parts of this - Google does release some rather high-quality source code (LevelDB, Protocol Buffers, Chrome/V8), and also provides some well-don
by someone13 15y ago
I disagree with parts of this - Google does release some rather high-quality source code (LevelDB, Protocol Buffers, Chrome/V8), and also provides some well-done research papers.
The entire concept of MapReduce wouldn't exist without Google. And that's inspired a whole host of products. In the same vein, I don't find it unusual that they're NOT sharing the code for MapReduce et al., in that it's proprietary technology. I don't expect Amazon to share the source code behind AWS, and I don't expect Google to share the source code for MapReduce.
- abtinf 15y agoYour points are totally valid. But my point of view is, which company is more relevant to me as a developer and as someone trying to build a startup? And it seems to me that I get a lot more love from Amazon, whether its some nifty new DNS feature or dropping incoming bandwidth charges to 0.
- DasIch 15y agoThat doesn't change the fact that unlike Amazon, Google is not in the business of selling tools to developers; with that in mind it is impressive what they do for developers despite that.
- abraham 15y agoI don't see that as being a very good comparison. Amazon provides a great service but you have to pay Amazon to get access. Google provides a lot of open source code that you can take, modify, and run on any hardware.