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by bdowney 4865 days ago
Not sure about that. Google is actually pretty bad at PR with idiots like Vic Gundotra and Andy Rubin alienating users left and right. Eric 'creepy' Schmidt wasn't much better and said many stupid things while he was CEO.

-- I'm the security master.
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ben1040 4865 days ago
Just a friendly FYI since you're new: around here we don't sign our comments.

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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yuhong 4864 days ago
Yep, put this in your about instead.
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hrayr 4865 days ago
What do you mean by Vic Gundotra and Andy Rubin are alienating users? This is the first I'm hearing about it, do you mind elaborating or at least providing a source?
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bdowney 4864 days ago
Vic's "Real Names" (TM) policy was bad enough, despite the massive internal feedback he received asking for pseudonymous support.

Andy has embarrassed himself several times by restricting access to the Android code while, at the same time, claiming that Android was open. Granted most users don't care about the source code but it's a punch in the face for all the OSS enthusiasts who believed in Android's open model.

And Android still developed behind closed doors for no good reason. Not only that but the team is siloed from other parts of Google, like some sort of exclusive club.

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