Google's Turn To Be The Villain 835
caesar79 writes "The New York Times has an article titled "Relax, Bill Gates; It's Google's Turn as the Villain" (also evil but at least free registration required) According to the article, the "go-getting" attitude of Google is coming across as arrogance to many people in the Valley. More importantly, it draws attention to the fact that Google has drained the market of talent, caused a 25% to 50% hike in salaries and made it difficult for startups to get funding."
25-50% hike in salary (Score:5, Funny)
Google isn't the Borg... (Score:5, Funny)
I disagree. I think Microsoft earned their title, and I doubt it's gonna go away. I'd like to think that the Google invasion is going over more like the story in Doom3:
Or something to that effect, anyways.
To read this story without registering... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah right... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Damn you Google! (Score:3, Funny)
You know it was coming.
Btw, nice Stewart style there.
Re:Villainy will be temporary (Score:5, Funny)
Wait a minute...
Re:So they are bad because... (Score:2, Funny)
Yes! Because as everybody knows, being paid peanuts is the right and moral thing to do!
Leave that "feeding your family" garbage at home and work for nothing, and know that you're doing the right thing!
In recent news... (Score:4, Funny)
NYT reg bypass (Score:5, Funny)
2. Paste into google search
3. click on link that appears on the google search page.
4. ???
5. Profit
Choicest quote (Score:5, Funny)
Geez, I wonder why the VC's always think of Google during our presentation for a search company named Oodle??
Terrorists! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Google isn't the Borg... (Score:5, Funny)
Us: What happened?
Us: Someone set up us the applications!
Google: Hello Gentlemen!
Google: All your searching are belong to us.
Google: You are on the way to destruction.!
Us: What you say?!
Google: You have no chance to survive make your time.!
Us: For great justice. !
Re:Blah (Score:5, Funny)
I know Google is now competing with MSFT, YHOO, and AOL. But when did they take on EA?
Re:/. talks more about Google than Google does its (Score:1, Funny)
Irony? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Blah (Score:5, Funny)
I didn't know my manager read slashdot!!
Hey Google!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Villainy will be temporary (Score:3, Funny)
Did he?
No offense if you're reading this Mr. Gates. I mean, heck, I'm one of your biggest fans.
please don't kill me.
Re:You call yourself a geek? (Score:5, Funny)
Klink would be more like HOOOOOGAN!!!!
You reckon? (Score:3, Funny)
Nope. Remember it well. That was one reason I used to like Microsoft.
I think the "wellspring of all evil" is sub-contracted under licence. Every now and then Satan takes a look at his minion-in-chief and holds a review to see if they've been performing up to expectations. Every now and then, the licence gets withdrawn and appliations are invited for a new Wellspring.
But according to sources in Hell (who do not wish to be named) even if Google starts now with the Microsoft class bastardry, Bill's tenure is reckoned to be good for another ten years.
I for one welcome our new overpaying masters (Score:2, Funny)
If this is bad, then good must really be awful.
Re:You call yourself a geek? (Score:2, Funny)
In more recent news . . . (Score:5, Funny)
According to highly credible sources, upset Google employees everywhere are demanding lower pay, citing heavy feelings of insult for the rediculous amount of money they are receiving for the minor, unimaginative work they are involved in.
Google has locked the doors of all their development houses from the inside, fearing massive defection to more reasonable companies that tell their employees exactly what to do and when, eliminating the stifling processes of having to be creative. Updates to follow soon.
Re:In more recent news . . . (Score:2, Funny)
Google has now also locked the doors from the outside, making it even harder for employees to leave. Previously, all they had to do was unlock the door from the inside. Google cites several somewhat intelligent employees as the anarchists who learned of this unlocking trick.
And Peace-protesters are evil too... (Score:1, Funny)
"Cindy Sheehan weakens america by helping the insurgance sustain there fight longer, by protesting for peace."
"Google is evil, they pay people too well..." they might as well be union-fucking-labour they are SO evil...
Meanwhile, right-wing Christian nutter Pat Robertson wants to asassinate the democratically leader elected foreign country because they don't share a american enough view of the world. He's a fucking saint.
I for one miss Soviet Russia when there was at least something else to compare propagada too!
Re:Google isn't the Borg... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Villainy will be temporary (Score:3, Funny)
Wait a minute...
You're right. You should have said "We, for one" instead.
Re:Damn you Google! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Damn you Google! (Score:3, Funny)
"I'M SORRY CALIFORNIA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I LEFT!!!!!11one" he said, as he watched his friends' and family's houses appreciate 20% per year for a decade.
Re:Living off the air (Score:3, Funny)
But venture capitalists won't do your laundry or yell downstairs at 3am to turn off the computer and go to bed.
Re:I guess I'm just a money-grubber. (Score:3, Funny)