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> If Google didn't have to worry about money, they might not develop these things to give away for free. I get the impression Google has no intent to give thin
by WWLink 3y ago
> If Google didn't have to worry about money, they might not develop these things to give away for free.
I get the impression Google has no intent to give things away for free anymore lol
- robertlagrant 3y agoBut regardless of your impression, they give loads of stuff away.
- pessimizer 3y agoIt would be fine if they didn't.
- arter4 3y agoMapreduce, Go, Kubernetes, Istio, Tensorflow,... I'm not a Googler but there's no denying that, despite all their faults, Google has contributed a lot.
- scubbo 3y agoTIL that Istio was a Google product!
- kaliqt 3y agoWrong. Meta is the same, no ML. We wouldn't even have modern ML without Google publishing that paper. Regulation creates a problem and then creates a solution, skimming off the top every time.
- asadotzler 3y agoBecause they can use the gifts to facilitate lock-in or because they want to share development with other companies or individuals. They give nothing away without it bringing something of equal or more value to them, or they're tossing it over the wall for dead. Any misconception you have that it's because they're super swell people should be slapped right outta you if it's there.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> Any misconception you have that it's because they're super swell people should be slapped right outta you if it's there. The idea that businesses have to be super swell people is what should be removed. Businesses doing things for money is good. Just as employees don't work for them because they're super swell people. You just shouldn't be thinking this way.
- ranger_danger 3y agoI think the point of releasing Go (they were already using it internally before) was just to get free labor to help expand and improve it. They simply had nothing to gain from keeping it private.