Why Google Owns The World & The Google PC For Under $200
shoemoney
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When Google first went IPO I remember calling up my father-in-law and telling him I wanted to buy $250,000.00 worth of stock. He thought i was crazy... really crazy... He went on to explain to me how stocks worked and how overrated GOOG was even at its opening price of $100.01.
Well now its years later and I still have that stock and its up over $700 per share. I am holding tight. I still don't know anything about stocks but one thing I do know
Google Gets It.
They learned by watching Microsoft just how far you can push before you are broken up by the government. Google knows where its bread is buttered... Its all about putting as many ads in front of people as possible.
Where Google is smart is they never actually own any of the products that make them the most money. For instance Firefox. Google makes a philanthropic donation to Mozilla for 200+ million dollars. Googles "donation" to Mozilla actually accounts for 80-90% of THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MOZILLA'S funding (depending on what report you read).
So what does Google get for this philanthropic gesture? Well nothing "officially". I have made the claim that the reason Google is the default search engine on Firefox is because Google is funding them so much but Firefox developers commented on my post saying they only use Google because "its what the users want". I am sure they would switch to Yahoo "if the users wanted it". Regardless of Yahoo's zero donation to Mozilla compared to Googles 200m+... ya right ;)
So a while back when people said Google was coming out with the Google Computer I was like ya WHATEVER Google will never have their own branded PC. It does not make sense for Google to be in the hardware business. Remember where there bread is buttered? Ya from Advertising... not from making gadgets.
What would make sense and be Google's style? Well making all the applications web based where people would be required to have a Google Account to use but keep them free. Basically make a office suite and a email program but throw ads at people instead of charging them for use.
Well now ladies and gents I present the unofficial Google PC at Walmart for only $200 It comes equiped with the G-OS with full integration for Google's web based applications. It also is fully integrated with Google maps and Google411.
So now there is buzz about the Google telephone. IMO Google will not release the telephone. Its just not there style. BUT they might fund the operating system on the phone and build all the applications on the phone in order to control all the mobile advertising. Because after all Google is... A advertising company.