From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-24T11:31:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Editor


On Jul 23, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Alex Young wrote:

> Felix Windt wrote:
>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>> From: M. Edward (Ed) Borasky [mailto:znmeb@cesmail.net] Sent:  
>>> Monday, July 23, 2007 6:22 AM
>>> To: ruby-talk ML
>>> Subject: Re: Ruby Editor
>>>
>> [snip]
>>> OK ... where does *Google's* money come from? The searches are  
>>> free, and most of their other "products" are as well.
>>>
>> An incomplete list:
>> - Charge advertisers for presenting online "banner" ads to users
>> - Collect marketing data on consumer habits, then selling the data  
>> or using
>> it for targeted advertising.
>
>> - Charging websites to become listed
>> - Charging websites for better placement in lists
> I don't think they do these two, do they?
>
>> - Charging websites to purchase keywords for themselves
>> - Charging other search engines to use their catalog
>> AdSense is a huge, huge product.
>
> I guess the point is that Google probably *could* be an open source  
> company if it wanted.  The value in Google is in the brand and the  
> vast infrastructure investment (in which I include all their hired  
> brains).
>
> -- 
> Alex
>
Google is not open source. The open source some software, but their  
core business is built around closed source search algorithms.
Otherwise, everybody with enough money would implement the same tools.