Google ought not to use the Bush Administrations name in vain. Their rights to their data are duly considered by the court and they need to concentrate on their business model now. If Google feels that their rights to proprietary information maybe jeopardized they may seek court protection from the request, as they have. But they are a public company now and shareholder's equity and quarterly profits are indeed the consideration of the day. Google does a great job helping the people to information from billions of web pages and they make money doing it, good for them, good for all of us. But this is one fight that is not worth going overboard with in the media, rather they have made their point and should work to bettering their business model and finding new avenues to enhance revenues. For those of us to study business history and the case studies for the world's largest and best run companies we know we can spot trends fairly quickly in issues like this. It is unfortunate that such a great company like Google would indeed enter into the fray of politics at a time when they basically have the world by the balls and can write their own ticket in the annals of America's greatest companies. Google is headquartered in the Bay area and in the Bay area it is predominantly of liberal based politics and so perhaps removed from the rest of the world a microcosm of Democratic politics they do not realize that the other half of the country, which is also half of the market base is in fact republican or conservative. As they attack the Bush administration and enter into the political arena they are turning their backs on those customers, even if those customers agree with their stance on information being given to the government. All this over politics which is unfortunate because Google's stock price and their future potential to change the world for the common good is also at stake. The Internet is the greatest communication device ever created in the history of mankind and Google is more than just a big part of it. I would hope that the controversy between the Bush administration and Google would disappear for the benefits of shareholders, customers and the future of mankind, as well as before progression of the species. It is okay to stand on principle as Google has and privacy is a huge concern of the population, but the attacks on individuals in government or the President's Administration are not good. Let's put politics aside in work towards the common good. Thank you very much and please consider this in 2006. |
