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Who else reads Linus' G+ blog?

Who else reads Linus' G+ blog?

Posted Sep 24, 2012 16:32 UTC (Mon) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: Who else reads Linus' G+ blog? by mathstuf
Parent article: Kernel prepatch 3.6-rc7

> [1]I know the (or rather, an) answer, but it's silly that it even has to be asked.

I don't, and I'd love to. Why does it make sense for Google to request a login when I visit (for instance) public Google Groups?


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Who else reads Linus' G+ blog?

Posted Sep 24, 2012 16:53 UTC (Mon) by lolando (subscriber, #7139) [Link]

My interpretation is that "they" want users to think that Google == the web. Which isn't too ridiculous a target, given many already think that the web == the Internet.

As the saying goes, when Google splits from the rest of the Internet, which side of the split will be the Internet?

Who else reads Linus' G+ blog?

Posted Sep 24, 2012 17:46 UTC (Mon) by theophrastus (guest, #80847) [Link]

meanwhile.. canonical has decided on the side that contains amazon:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-defends-...

nothing wrong with linux-based making money on referrals, but they really ought to be upfront explicit about it. and an easy opt-out is always a nice feature, (which, for now, Ubuntu apparently has)

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