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Re:'Sending a message': what the US and UK are attempting to do by uptown on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @09:39AM (#6250155)
'Google was founded on the principle of "Don't be evil"'

I wish people would stop quoting this. It means nothing, and is not binding in any way. It sounded good, and it was a great marketing slogan - but it means absolutely nothing in reality.

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Re:'Sending a message': what the US and UK are attempting to do by espeed on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @09:45AM (#6250197)
"Don't be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served — as shareholders and in all other ways — by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains" -- Google's 2004 IPO Prospectus (http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Courses/StratTech09/...).

Binding or not, it's a social contract, and it could mean the world if Google stands by it.

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Re:'Sending a message': what the US and UK are attempting to do by Terretta on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @10:26AM (#6250474)
On the contrary, it lets Google use Crockford's jslint.
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