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2009/12/22
Open is as Open Does
Why I'm happy to be working at Google: The meaning of open (Official Google Blog). Open technology and open information are ultimately about freedom and control. Open technology gives everyone freedom to invent, compete, and improve the world; open information gives people ultimate control over the literal bits that belong to them. These are aspirational, ambitious, long-term goals. And yes, in the long run they benefit Google as well as the world — but the point is that they do this, at least in principle, by increasing value for everyone. That's a good goal. It's a difficult goal, and it takes a lot of up-front investment and a long term perspective — something the world needs more of right now.
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Google is trying really hard to achieve this goal.
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