The New Yorker on Google's Ambitions, Policy Issues, Etc.

By jbat - January 06, 2008

Far ranging piece, still reading it, by Ken Auletta, who I spoke to for the piece.

Greg Linden

Interesting New Yorker piece. I found this quote at the very end from Eric Schmidt particularly thought-provoking: “What kills a company is not competition but arrogance. We control our fate.”
http://www.alleyinsider.com Henry Blodget

Also interesting: Eric Schmidt explicitly confirmed that the company is aiming for $100+ billion in revenue:

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/googles-schmidt-aiming-for-100-billion-of-revenue.html

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