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> So please don’t speculate about the impact of the deal either outside or inside Google So google employees aren't supposed to discuss their impression of the

by codys 13y ago

> So please don’t speculate about the impact of the deal either outside or inside Google So google employees aren't supposed to discuss their impression of the deal at all, even internally? That seems rather heavy handed.

intortus 13y ago
It's what happens when you go public.
iagox86 13y ago
Legal issues can get complicated. It's normal for a big company.
raldi 13y ago
That's what happens when our legal system makes every byte discoverable. All it takes is for one Googler to send an IM to another that says, "I'm not sure the sale complied with [regulation xyz]" and then, even if the two of them had nothing to do with the deal, and don't even really understand law all that well, the archive of that chat can get dragged out in court as evidence of .. god knows what.
- graving 13y ago
  Google has OTR on for company IMs. This came out in a court case where IMs were requested as part of discovery.
  - rryan 13y ago
    Google also has numerous avenues for having digital discussions that are not OTR. IM was just an example, obviously.
judk 13y ago
When some says the word "speculate" (with respect to conversation, not financial investing) they are refering to armchair lawyering that gets people in trouble.