"... Do you guys know of any other companies that use a similar approach, or is this unique to Google? ..." I know Zuckerberg (un-official) take on this is to

"... Do you guys know of any other companies that use a similar approach, or is this unique to Google? ..." I know Zuckerberg (un-official) take on this is to encourage employees to "hang-our" together to foster better communication. "Educators Corner, From Harvard to the Facebook with Jim Breyer (Accel Partners), mp3 1Hr, 26Mb" http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1567 http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=156... Not exactly as left field as google. Maybe they cannot afford it or the culture is different?