Comments on: The People’s Republic of Google http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/ Cringely on technology Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sibyl Cudmore http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-2/#comment-13176 Sibyl Cudmore Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:23:19 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-13176 Quite nice this article, gave me some great ideas :) Quite nice this article, gave me some great ideas :)

]]> By: stuff found on the internet : about google http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-2/#comment-11404 stuff found on the internet : about google Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:45:13 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-11404 [...] Und hier geht’s um Peer Review und Entwicklungsphilosophie. Google isn’t organized like any tech company I’ve ever worked in, that’s for sure.  Peer review seems to be at the heart of nearly everything.  Yes, there are executives doing whatever it is that executives do up in the Eric/Larry/Sergeysphere, but down where the bits meet the bus most decisions seem to be reached through a combination of peer review-driven concensus and literal popularity polls. The heart of Google is code and all code there is peer reviewed TO DEATH.  The result is absolutely the cleanest code in the digital world [...]. I saw much the same thing during the early days at Apple where new products were entirely driven by engineering.  Engineers built whatever they wanted to build and it was up to the company then to sell it.  Google apparently operates in much the same fashion. Verfasst von michel am Freitag, Januar 8, 2010, um 14:45, Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein. Alle Kommentare zu diesem Beitrag mit dem Kommentar RSS Feed verfolgen. Du kannst einen Kommentar verfassen oder einen Trackback von deinem Blog setzen. [...] [...] Und hier geht’s um Peer Review und Entwicklungsphilosophie. Google isn’t organized like any tech company I’ve ever worked in, that’s for sure.  Peer review seems to be at the heart of nearly everything.  Yes, there are executives doing whatever it is that executives do up in the Eric/Larry/Sergeysphere, but down where the bits meet the bus most decisions seem to be reached through a combination of peer review-driven concensus and literal popularity polls. The heart of Google is code and all code there is peer reviewed TO DEATH.  The result is absolutely the cleanest code in the digital world [...]. I saw much the same thing during the early days at Apple where new products were entirely driven by engineering.  Engineers built whatever they wanted to build and it was up to the company then to sell it.  Google apparently operates in much the same fashion. Verfasst von michel am Freitag, Januar 8, 2010, um 14:45, Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein. Alle Kommentare zu diesem Beitrag mit dem Kommentar RSS Feed verfolgen. Du kannst einen Kommentar verfassen oder einen Trackback von deinem Blog setzen. [...]

]]> By: The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Google buying ads on Bing http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-9381 The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Google buying ads on Bing Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:01:05 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-9381 [...] there a meeting about this strategy? Did anybody vote on this? Or did somebody go [...] [...] there a meeting about this strategy? Did anybody vote on this? Or did somebody go [...]

]]> By: مصطفي http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8368 مصطفي Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:36:33 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-8368 مشاهده مباراه مصر والجزائر بث مباشر http://show-on-line.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_3971.html مشاهده مباراه مصر والجزائر بث مباشر

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]]> By: Das Google-Mißverständnis – Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp via @koehntopp « urban-listening http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8213 Das Google-Mißverständnis – Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp via @koehntopp « urban-listening Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:02:13 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-8213 [...] Googler diese Zeit verwenden, um intern Code Changes von Kollegen zu sichten und zu prüfen. Bei Cringely wird das näher [...] [...] Googler diese Zeit verwenden, um intern Code Changes von Kollegen zu sichten und zu prüfen. Bei Cringely wird das näher [...]

]]> By: Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8204 Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:03:58 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-8204 <strong>Das Google-Mißverständnis...</strong> Ich glaube ja, daß Google eine der am meisten mißverstandenen Firmen auf diesem Planeten ist. Die meisten Leute halten Google für eine globale Suchmaschine. Das ist wohl richtig, aber es greift viel zu kurz, wenn man sich die Konsequenzen nicht klar ma... Das Google-Mißverständnis…

Ich glaube ja, daß Google eine der am meisten mißverstandenen Firmen auf diesem Planeten ist. Die meisten Leute halten Google für eine globale Suchmaschine. Das ist wohl richtig, aber es greift viel zu kurz, wenn man sich die Konsequenzen nicht klar ma…

]]> By: coaching wiki http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8034 coaching wiki Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:01:08 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-8034 <strong>coaching wiki...</strong> While searching for coaching wiki I found your article, and it makes me wonder. Are you sure about this? On what bases did you conclude your findings?... coaching wiki…

While searching for coaching wiki I found your article, and it makes me wonder. Are you sure about this? On what bases did you conclude your findings?…

]]> By: barfo rama http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-7441 barfo rama Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:32:52 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-7441 Judging from the slipstreamed screwups in google groups, I don't believe any peer review is done at all. Judging from the slipstreamed screwups in google groups, I don’t believe any peer review is done at all.

]]> By: 123 http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-7174 123 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:47:12 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-7174 altavista was pretty good. but about when google busted them, was when the seos began !@!@ing over the search engines. i think that's why within a year, altavista seemed to have mysteriously turned to sh1t. they hadn't changed, but their search had been mal-manipulated. as for passion over google ware. hmm, i don't think i'm passionate about any ware. but lots of ppl like ge, skp, gmail, etc. passionate vs world-weary is more of an age thing. altavista was pretty good. but about when google busted them, was when the seos began !@!@ing over the search engines. i think that’s why within a year, altavista seemed to have mysteriously turned to sh1t. they hadn’t changed, but their search had been mal-manipulated.
as for passion over google ware. hmm, i don’t think i’m passionate about any ware. but lots of ppl like ge, skp, gmail, etc.
passionate vs world-weary is more of an age thing.

]]> By: bmm http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-6997 bmm Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:37:51 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=666#comment-6997 "Plus, one has to admit that Google is inclined to extracting its actual revenues from sources that are uncorrelated to its (supposedly) coding genius (GWS, Gmail, Google Charts, etc. -are all closed source so you can’t even tell if they are decently written or if they just work thanks to "Google’s 1 million servers) because Google SELLS content MADE BY OTHERS." Pierre: that makes me wonder if you have ever written code that even works on 5 computers simultaneously. Things dont just work when you have code running across millions of servers .. have you ever heard of failing harddisks? Databases that required millions of transactions per second? I wont even go into more complicated things since you obviously dont understand. Google doesnt need certification from FOSS community to get an understanding of how good the internal code is. No one has seen MS server code, but even then it is uniformly trashed, because IT DOESNT WORK. Google products work reliably (with the exception of Gmail, which has been less reliable), and people continue using them .. Google does well, because users spend less time looking for more high quality information, and not to forget, its products are free! “Plus, one has to admit that Google is inclined to extracting its actual revenues from sources that are uncorrelated to its (supposedly) coding genius (GWS, Gmail, Google Charts, etc. -are all closed source so you can’t even tell if they are decently written or if they just work thanks to “Google’s 1 million servers) because Google SELLS content MADE BY OTHERS.”

Pierre: that makes me wonder if you have ever written code that even works on 5 computers simultaneously. Things dont just work when you have code running across millions of servers .. have you ever heard of failing harddisks? Databases that required millions of transactions per second? I wont even go into more complicated things since you obviously dont understand.

Google doesnt need certification from FOSS community to get an understanding of how good the internal code is. No one has seen MS server code, but even then it is uniformly trashed, because IT DOESNT WORK. Google products work reliably (with the exception of Gmail, which has been less reliable), and people continue using them .. Google does well, because users spend less time looking for more high quality information, and not to forget, its products are free!

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