gbog 15 hours ago | link

“Brilliant marketing play”

Maybe, but where the idealism gone? Both on HN, in tech circles, and, yes, at Google, there was some healthy dose of idealism. You know, this thing that make people do thing for something else than money, for the better good of humanity for example.

Idealism (and anger) brought us Linux, Vim, the Web, etc.

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— Google has killed Android (the brand)

— Hacker News

2013.02.22 Friday ACHK