700Mhz Auction Winners Finally Talking > Someone at Google needs to put down the pipe.

reply to Sammer

Re: Someone at Google needs to put down the pipe.

If Google wants to put an extra 1.3 billion in the U. S. Treasury the Feds won't turn it down, D block is still available. Their shareholders probably wouldn't like such a publicity stunt.

The publicity stunt was propping themselves up as some kind of wireless public guardian when in reality they are cheap publicity-seeking hucksters.

They are in the advertising business. Never forget that.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.

Chill out.

Where was any other company in this fight?

Where was Microsoft? Where was Apple? Both of which are sitting on mountains of cash.

Look, just because Google saw an opportunity to do a PR spin on this (which I agree with you, is all talk) doesn't make them the villain. They moved on some good publicity, with no intention of buying spectrum.

Fucking apologists are everywhere.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.

Let's not get Ad hominem or anything.

Tell me, what other outcome did you expect in this situation?

Just stating facts.

Who expected any other outcome? That's the point. Google ran in, talked a good game like any PR huckster would, collected their ill-gotten fluffy press coverage and then disappeared. Had they truly been committed to open access they would have bid to win.

Instead they issue press releases slapping themselves on the back for a non-job well done. They are very good at advertising their own brand.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.

I don't think a huckster would be developing an open operating system that would tie in multiple services which are currently crippled by the wireless providers (GPS comes to mind).

Yes, they are an advertising company and will use this to money. Welcome to America

My point is that Google has added SIGNIFICANT value to my online experience, to my knowledge, has cost me nothing. I can live with the fact they tried to put a PR spin on this auction. Big deal. They really didn't have enough cash to win; Verizon would have opened a 10-15 billion line of credit if they had to. Their existence depended on them winning this.

Google still holds my faith and trust, much more than Microsoft or Yahoo. This remains unchanged.

They are an advertising company first and foremost.

That you don't find it inconsistent with good public stewardship (which is the cloak they drape upon themselves) that they bid in an auction they had no intention of winning just to get PR pretty much ends this discussion. Microsoft or Yahoo are not relevant because, surprise!, they didn't bid nor did they make a bunch of noise going into the auction trying to drum up support for a cause they had no intent of advancing.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.

How long have you had a grudge against Google?

And also, what do you make of their mobile operating system they're working on?

Again, Google has/is offering me services that everyone else is too tepid to; for fear of stepping on the toes of wireless providers. Sure, at&t can bundle in whatever crap software they want to put in Android in order to get it on the network, but I'll never use it.

How long have you been a blind supporter?

I have no grudge against them or any other company until they pull a slimy stunt like this.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.

Since they offered Gmail, Picasa, Google Maps, Google Reader, Google Groups...Hm, give me 5min, I can think of a few more.

Enjoy the Kool Aid.

enjoy being bitter