It's great how everyone says "Google missed this quarter's consensus numbers, so better throw out 20% time, no more free food, quit hiring, and focus immediately on short term profitability, who's crying now smartypants". Which part of the prospectus did they not understand? - ⓞnor
Yeah, these articles are really dumb. Google is still super profitable, it's just that some analysts (not google) made a prediction that didn't match actual profits. If they were losing money or even shrinking that might be a story -- this is not. - Paul Buchheit
"Google: Just Like Every Other Company." Everyone wants to write that headline. Heck, everyone wants to read that headline. Same as "Obama: Just Like Every Other Politician." Rules like that help people understand the worlds they live in without expending too much effort. - Daniel Dulitz
