[e-lang] Programming Language Popularity Numbers

[Karp, Alan H]

James Graves wrote:
> 
> This is assuming that you are willing to trust Google with all your
> data.  I am not, but there are plenty of people who aren't as picky.
> Faced with the complexity of running and maintaining a desktop OS and
> applications, I think many people will say "screw it" and just use
> Google instead.  It is easy and it works.  Path of least resistance.
> 
I may not care, but my company certainly does.  It took several months
for me to get approval to use Google Desktop search, and that happened
only after the gateway was set up to prevent the tool from calling home.
The opportunity is for Google to sell enterprise editions that work
entirely behind the firewall.  Of course, then we're back to square one
when collaborating with people in other companies, but such is life in
the corporate world.

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