LXer: Google's Ironic Ad Campaign and the Future of Traditional Media
 

Published at LXer:

Page through a major newspaper (remember newspapers?) today and you’re likely to run into two enormous ads, one by Google and one by AOL. Leaving aside the irony of Google advertising in a form of media that it has almost competed out of existence, there’s something potentially transformative going on here that’s worth exploring.

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Yeah... The one thing about Google is their obsession with FOSS on the computer itself, reserving proprietary software for the Web. That's the one thing that really makes Google cool: Schmidt, unlike Big Ballmer or Jealous Job$ who both believe in using proprietary software all around.