Google's culture of secrecy is starting to catch up with them, as seen in this quote in the NYT:
The fact that Google is behind the data center, referred to locally as Project 02, has been reported in the local press. But many officials in The Dalles, including the city attorney and the city manager, said they could not comment on the project because they signed confidentiality agreements with Google last year.
"No one says the (G( word," said Diane Sherwood, executive director of the Port of Klickitat, Wash., directly across the river from The Dalles, who is not bound by such agreements. "It(s a little bit like He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in Harry Potter."
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"We're trying to organize our chamber ambassadors to have a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and they're trying to keep us all away," said Susan Huntington, executive director of The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce. "Our two cultures aren't matching very well."
I expect it will hurt them in the end. As Microsoft has found, all the brainpower in the world doesn't help if you lose the trust of users.
Posted by Geodog at June 13, 2006 10:12 PM
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