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Wow. I know so little about the internal workings of Google and had such a good impression of them until today. The Wave post and now this -- not the post whi
by david927 15y ago
Wow. I know so little about the internal workings of Google and had such a good impression of them until today. The Wave post and now this -- not the post which was constructive and insightful, no company is perfect and it's important to examine flaws -- but for the decision to pull the post. Shameful. Steve is only wrong with one point: Google's reputation for arrogance seems actually well-deserved.
- 0x12 15y agoWell, the google PR people actually didn't do anything to tell him to withdraw the post, so that is his own decision.
- david927 15y agoThis is one of the very few times I've seen Steve back-off of a provocative statement; whatever made that happen does not bode well for Google and I think my point stands.
- 0x12 15y agoIt may have been a case of not wanting to embarrass his former employer, Amazon.
- david927 15y agoThat absolutely could be. I shouldn't judge. Apologies.
- someone13 15y agoI don't get the impression that he was "forced" to back off, but rather that he accidentally posted something that was meant for internal consumption in public. I think it's perfectly within his rights to delete the post - most people don't talk the same way with their co-workers as they do in public, and it's perfectly understandable.
- david927 15y agoI completely get that now, and I retract my comments. I'm sorry if I cast any undue aspersions.