Comments on: Google officially accuses Microsoft of…… http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/02/google-officially-accuses-microsoft-of Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:39:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David Novakovic http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/02/google-officially-accuses-microsoft-of#comment-244486 David Novakovic Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:37:01 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/02/google-officially-accuses-microsoft-of#comment-244486 A lot of what a company is answerable for starts at the top. A lot of the people doing the legwork aren't asked to think about the ethical/moral/whatever issues that may arise from what they are working on. Just a small thought, I'm not defending Google in anyway, because clearly they have stepped wrong several times. I just don't think that having softies is justification for pot-kettle comments. The higher ideal is hopefully what everyone realises is worth adhering too, in the interests of the consumer at least. I'd hope that joining Dataportability isn't something MS/Google just did to win popularity, the jury is still out on that one. A lot of what a company is answerable for starts at the top. A lot of the people doing the legwork aren’t asked to think about the ethical/moral/whatever issues that may arise from what they are working on.

Just a small thought, I’m not defending Google in anyway, because clearly they have stepped wrong several times. I just don’t think that having softies is justification for pot-kettle comments.

The higher ideal is hopefully what everyone realises is worth adhering too, in the interests of the consumer at least. I’d hope that joining Dataportability isn’t something MS/Google just did to win popularity, the jury is still out on that one.

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