What has UNIVERSITY to fear from GOOGLE?: Difference between revisions
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==Think of UNIVERSITY as client== | ==Think of UNIVERSITY as client== | ||
We have to fear finding ourselves in a defensive adversary relationship with Google in which Google holds the dominating power. | We have to fear finding ourselves in a defensive adversary relationship with Google in which Google holds the dominating power. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:41, 15 April 2013
Why is this a question worth asking?
Because Google is a giant for-profit corporation with a dominating position in internet search space, the richest and most powerful of all internet domains. Consider yourself the act of interacting with your machine; consider how much of what you do is finding.
We have to fear that Google might see it in its for-profit self-interest to fractionate and exploit the resources of our university domain to our collective disadvantage. Already they have induced some universites among us to make secret deals.
Who are the secret deals secret from?
Think of UNIVERSITY as client
We have to fear finding ourselves in a defensive adversary relationship with Google in which Google holds the dominating power.