Alibaba CTO: Google has strayed from its ‘Don’t be evil’ motto

Alibaba CTO: Google has strayed from its ‘Don’t be evil’ motto(thenextweb.com)

3 points by booz 13 years ago | 5 comments

eevilspock 13 years ago |

The Alibaba CTO is pretty sly. He's clearly trying to make the label "Google OS" stick, which undermines the open image that Google is trying to project.

If he succeeds, the term "Android" will get co-opted to cover all forks, including Aliyun and Amazon's. This would subvert Google's trademark, but that can't be enforced on the press and the blogosphere.

dlikhten 13 years ago | |

Problem he is not addressing is that using an android maker to make android-like phones and trick people into a fragmented market is a problem. Furthermore, those without the true android os, will be disappointed citing how android sucks. They need to protect their image. It's either full android or go home.

You have to balance "don't be evil" with "this product needs xyz to survive or the competitor (apple) will murder us in the market."

Hence google's new strategy to patent everything and their mothers to protect themselves.

googoobaby 13 years ago |

And certainly Chinese companies know evil when they see it.

devy 13 years ago | |

How so?

dlikhten 13 years ago | | |

He left out the irony tags.