Agog Over Google

17 Oct 2005 @12:12

From The Apologist: Agog Over Google at SF Weekly.com:

In the seven years since its creation by a couple of Stanford graduate students, Google Inc. has blossomed from a simple online search engine into a technological behemoth, all but besting search rivals like Yahoo! and eagerly expanding into other computer-related markets. Along with announced plans to digitize entire collections of libraries and move into the wireless Internet field, the Mountain View-based company has tripled its number of employees in the past two years, rolling out several lines of software and services that some analysts believe are aimed at challenging the popular Office package. Indeed, Google — whose corporate motto is “Don’t Be Evil” — finds itself with $7.1 billion to spend after a stock offering completed last month, and faces increased speculation about which direction its products will head. But against this backdrop of growth, Google has also encountered heavy scrutiny from critics who argue that the company’s data collection methods are raising important privacy concerns, and that it is merely seeking to become the next Microsoft. Are you an apologist for the ever-growing Google? Take our quiz and find out!

The test they have requires that you score it yourself. So I made this quick PHP version:
Take The Test!

BTW, I scored:

Not sure how you feel? Just imagine the government getting a look at the books you’ve checked out of the library in the past 10 years — ooh, chilling!


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