Wasn't there a business school professor who was digging up stacks of business plans sent to VCs in the bubble-era to see which ones would have been successful in the web 2.0 era?
Why can't you 'run around and meet people 24/7' with commercial airlines? This is not a moral issue, it's an issue of corporate governance competence. Corporate jet is a luxury, just like $1M in CEO office renovations at Merrill Lynch. I can't believe you can lose $50M in productivity by using alternatives to private jets.
Sun failed miserably in embracing Linux and cloud computing (as a service). They hung on to their old business that was getting commoditized rapidly, plus having huge dependencies on Wall St. customers didn't help.
Not just facebook... every other company in silicon valley is doing that. Even google's adwords was first invented by overture. Latest eg. Palm Pre (and 15 other smartphones) incorporating iPhone UI elements.
I agree to a certain extent. SEO represents the failings of the Google index algorithm. But I don't think Google will ever get it perfect and there is always room where SEO (black or white-hat) can take advantage.
there was a report a few days ago that basically said that university education will be unaffordable for most people in a few years. This will only make it worse.
plus, getting the right foundations of internet laws set will help google in the long run. Any settlement would just open Google up for legal extortions from places they wouldn't have imagined.
it's not about being altruistic.. but about standing up for principles instead of capitulating to legal extortions. Too often what's 'right' or 'wrong' is determined by legal budgets rather than merits of the arguments.