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by s17n 2152 days ago
Google doesn't really care that much about the FLOSS community's contributions - they have in house projects to do everything (even a kernel or two!) just because they have so many engineers. Pretty sure the main reason they don't just ban the use of open source software internally is because it would cause their developers to riot, and the cost savings are a secondary factor.

If anything, Google probably would like to see more software released under AGPL just to screw with Amazon.
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im3w1l 2152 days ago
The further you deviate from using a standard stack the more you have to spend on training.
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s17n 2152 days ago
Google doesn't really use any of the "standard stack". They use open source libraries for things like SSL but when it comes to the things that matter for quickly ramping up - source control, build/test infra, release management, linters, etc - basically the only thing that isn't in-house is the languages themselves, unless you're using Go or Dart, and the text editor, unless you're using their internal web-based ide.
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