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Re:What does it take to make Google work at scale? by segmondy on Monday August 17, 2015 @06:52PM (#10076653)
There are plenty of other companies that also have tech that Google doesn't have or use too. Google has all these amazing tech, but I can assure you working at Google doesn't mean you will ever get to use it directly.
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Re:What does it take to make Google work at scale? by threeseed on Monday August 17, 2015 @07:47PM (#10076823)
Exactly. Facebook and Yahoo have contributed equally as much to the technology landscape as Google has.

And unlike Google they actually make it available to the public and then follow it up with supporting the projects.

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Re:What does it take to make Google work at scale? by animefan on Monday August 17, 2015 @11:55PM (#10077527)
A lot of these things were originally developed at Google then spread to other companies (when employees moved etc.). So Google is contributing probably more, but not directly.
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