The Almighty Google

I think that it's wonderful Google is going to take over the world. Not only is it going to be easy for me to access any information at any given time, this modernized SkyNet is going to probably one day own the programming for our vehicles, houses, computers, cell phones, all forms of communication. And what will they do then? Oh, what every company does when they turn greedy and go to earn some more bucks, add some fees!

As long as Google stays free for most services, I have no issues with it. Once they start to charge money is where the problem will begin. At this point they are solely making money off of advertisers, and have done greatly thus far. Once they start to charge the consumer things may change a bit, and they may turn into a monopolizer in the market, as most feel they have done now. Only problem is as of yet, they don't charge for almost anything.

I would tend to agree with D3v. I kinda like how Google does lots of free and open-source type stuff, because it's a good way to promote the development of great things. Once they start trying to own everything I'll have a problem with it. For now, I think Google does a lot of good.

Actually, Google makes money through contracts with buisinesses to provide Software as a Service. Many buisinesses have contracted with Google to use Google Docs instead of MS office, for instance. An even bigger group has contracted with Google to run their corporate e-mail.

My university's e-mail system is being transitioned to a gmail implementation.