Comments on: Verizon switch is a win for Google http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/11/28/verizon-switch-is-a-win-for-google/ At the intersection of business and technology Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kameran Ahari, Great Falls, VA http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/11/28/verizon-switch-is-a-win-for-google/#comment-263 Kameran Ahari, Great Falls, VA Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:09:45 +0000 http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/11/28/verizon-switch-is-a-win-for-google/#comment-263 Without a question, this is a big win for Google and open movement …and not the other way around as the other camp suggests. An about-face does not seem like a first-mover strategy. Last time I checked, most of Google entire infrastructure is quilted from free open source software. I doubt the any of the U.S. wireless networks run entirely on FOSS. Kameran Ahari http://gotastrategy.typepad.com Without a question, this is a big win for Google and open movement …and not the other way around as the other camp suggests. An about-face does not seem like a first-mover strategy. Last time I checked, most of Google entire infrastructure is quilted from free open source software. I doubt the any of the U.S. wireless networks run entirely on FOSS.

Kameran Ahari
http://gotastrategy.typepad.com

]]> By: Tommy K, Palo Alto, CA http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/11/28/verizon-switch-is-a-win-for-google/#comment-262 Tommy K, Palo Alto, CA Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:09:54 +0000 http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/11/28/verizon-switch-is-a-win-for-google/#comment-262 You guys should check out https://www.fluc.com - talk about taking on Google!!! It's a pretty fascinating model. You guys should check out https://www.fluc.com – talk about taking on Google!!!

It’s a pretty fascinating model.

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