Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.lang.python > #94906
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-08-02 17:14 -0700 |
| References | (2 earlier) <55bc5cfb$0$1643$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <e7947686-339f-447c-8b59-21468cf68a80@googlegroups.com> <55bdcf25$0$1653$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <917477df-5cda-4fab-bbb3-eb464bfa452e@googlegroups.com> <mailman.1161.1438557922.3674.python-list@python.org> |
| Message-ID | <feee4778-aea0-48fd-b82c-5a6b01579591@googlegroups.com> (permalink) |
| Subject | Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net |
| From | Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> |
On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 6:25:37 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > Wind the clock back to 2012, when Guido was working for Google. > Dropbox wants him. Is he going to refuse the job unless they *first* > get onto Py3, or is he going to accept the job with a view to > migrating them? Well, i don't know the specifics of why he departed from a global and mature company for a small (although promising) startup, but i do know that there is always the possibility that Google will sweep in and consume Dropbox if it becomes a threat or shows *real* potential. So there is always the possibility that he could be working at Google again; albeit in a "field office". Don't play coy Chris, you know damn good and well how this game is played, and you know that the founders of any startup dream of a buyout so they can sail off into the proverbial sunset. GvR is a pawn in a greater game. But we are all pawns in one form or another; are we not? He is but a small part of an industrious and creative young enterprise that will quickly become consumed by one of the powerful corporations, and for no other reason than to smother its competition in the cradle! Large corporations are where innovations go to die. Where spontaneity is slowly tortured to death inside the confining walls of a cubicle, and magnificent intellectual achievements are converted into cheap, plastic, soulless, *TRINKETS* that are purposefully designed for early failure in order to achieve maximum profitability!
Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-30 23:33 -0700
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 00:16 -0700
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 20:08 -0700
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-08-01 15:45 +1000
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-08-01 11:57 -0700
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-08-02 18:04 +1000
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 15:34 -0700
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:25 +1000
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 17:14 -0700
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-08-03 11:27 +1000
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-08-03 04:10 +0100
Re: GvR Europython keynote described on lwn.net Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 14:15 +1000
csiph-web