Seems like this article plays a bit loose with the facts. Apache Hadoop and MapReduce are based on Google white papers, but Google didn't actually develop eith

Seems like this article plays a bit loose with the facts. Apache Hadoop and MapReduce are based on Google white papers, but Google didn't actually develop either. And is it that Google couldn't afford Oracle software, or they knew they could build something better? However, the main thrust is valid: the same data that is valuable to Facebook and Google (and their advertisers) is valuable to the NSA.