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US Senate: Google on Trial

Published by Robert Pogson September 22nd, 2011 in technology. 35 Comments

In senate hearings, competitors lied, stating that Google was there first and thus was a monopoly with which others could not compete. That is clearly false as the first search engines appeared in 1993 and Google did not start up until 1998. I can remember using Mamma.com (1996) and Altavista (1995) before I used Google. I remember M$ and others making fun of Google for “free search”. Continue reading ‘US Senate: Google on Trial’

- Robert Pogson

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.