[TriLUG] Google Fiber

[William Sutton]

I think it's appropriate to trot out a quote from my grandfather (both 
since Ric has a quote from his father in his .sig and because I think it's 
appropriate at this juncture):

"'Cheer up,' they told me, 'things could be worse.'  So I cheered up, and, 
sure enough, things got worse."

How's that for a positive attitude? :-)

William Sutton

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Ric Moore wrote:

> On 01/28/2015 09:51 AM, matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
>> "I do not understand all the negative sentiments on Google."
>> and
>> "Why am filled with long term apprehension?"
>>
>> The issue isn't that they're bringing much needed competition to a market
>> that has seen it artificially corrupted out of it in the name of high
>> costs for substandard service.
>>
>> The issue with Google is that they are not a benevolent entity and have
>> demonstrated ulterior motives on multiple past occasions, including being
>> party to the mass dragnet surveillance of citizens.  Deals with the Devil
>> usually sound attractive on the surface and this is no exception.
>>
>> I am leery of any data going over an ISP's wire.  I would be doubly so of
>> Google and this is a lot of why I quit using them as a search engine a
>> long time ago.
>
> The same comparison is made towards Red Hat. No, they are not 
> "benevolent", they are a business. So is Google. But, I appreciate both. 
> My gmail just works (tm), for free I might add, and so do my google 
> searches. I'm just glad it is Google and not Microsoft. As Mom would say 
> "You dance with who brung ya."  :) Ric
>
>
>
> -- 
> My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
> "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
> Linux user# 44256
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