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I'm questioning the need to constantly repeat the obvious. Just about every thread that smells of Google gets derailed by meta conversation about advertising.
by jan_g 14y ago
I'm questioning the need to constantly repeat the obvious. Just about every thread that smells of Google gets derailed by meta conversation about advertising.
For what is worth, I still consider these companies to be heavily tech oriented, despite their source of revenue. They give bread and butter to people like me - developers. Whereas your run-of-the-mill traditional advertising company doesn't.
- chii 14y agobanks are very heavily tech oriented (as in they use a lot of tech and also make their own tech). and yet you won't call a bank a tech orient ed company because a company's model determines the 'orientation', not what sort of tools they use. many people agree that Google is an advert company. it just that they are different from the traditional Madison avenue style ad company. no one is saying that being an ad company is bad. nor are they disallowed to invest in tech. but they are not like the old research institute like the old palo alto xerox style company.