I think this slide explains everything about how Google has changed the way of handling their business. http://www.slideshare.net/ericschmidt/how-google-works-

I think this slide explains everything about how Google has changed the way of handling their business. http://www.slideshare.net/ericschmidt/how-google-works-final-1 http://www.slideshare.net/ericschmidt/how-google-works-final... They are more focusing on managing their business which is limiting their contributions to open standards.