Technology a main tenet at Google:
He said he believed that Google was the world’s fourth-largest maker of computer servers, after Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
Interesting overview of how Google is simultaneously building a catalog of the various types of information on the internet and the physical infrastructure to make it possible. Hint: with $9B in the bank, they could buy a lot of what they’re building; from this, I assume no one else is doing it to their requirements.
A “headstrong indulgence?” People tend to forget that Mssrs Page and Brin have adult supervision in Eric Schmidt: he seems unlikely to countenance immature, wasteful behavior.