There's been a lot of talk recently about Google because of they are going public. As Bill Mann of The Motley Fool says, "You'd think that they spotted Jesus walking across the water near the San Mateo Bridge." I, like Eric, decided a long time ago that I didn't want to invest in Google's IPO (not that I even really know what it means to do so.)

However, I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about Google in general. When they started out, they seemed to be a plucky young startup, just out to make a better web search engine. And to most people's surprise, it worked. In a very short time, Google has become the undisputed king o' web searches; so much so, that "google" has become synonymous with "web search." However, I think that they're at the point that, no matter what they like to think, they're no longer a plucky young startup -- they're a hugely powerful company that seems to be getting bigger every day.

While I'm not quite at the level of Google conspiracy theorist, I do believe that Google does have some other purpose. (I hesitate to say "secret agenda" because that sounds a little too evil.) I can't believe that this company merely exists to make search engines and webmail. It may be that its founders started out just wanting to make a better search engine, but I think that Google has now evolved beyond those borders. I recently happened upon this article, which theorizes that Google is creating a massive distributed computing platform. It's an interesting read.

We will now pause while every Google employee laughs at me.










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