Google and Darth Vader

I stumbled on so many articles lately, both on the web and in print, about the emergence of Google as the second-most hated/feared company after Microsoft. OK, enough said. Let me now draw parallelisms of Google and Darth Vader. This can be simple urban legend of some sort.

Darth Vader : was born and then-known as Anakin Skywalker. He was born out of virgin birth (no father). He was created straight by the force. We was the chosen-one, destined to bring balance to the Force by destroying the Sith. However, he fell in to the dark side and became a Sith Lord himself.

Google : was incorporated in 1998 and had seen a phenomenal growth through the pasts years. Google was having an anti-corporate, developer's-dream image that it is a company that geeks love see as the most capable of being a Microsoft-killer (apparently climaxing at the much speculated GoogleOS). Story to be continued...

Made-up Story : with Google's war-making chest, it is capable of producing quality products that can be better than the much bigger Microsoft. But now, being as aggressive as Microsoft (the Sith) in its startup years, Google is being hated, if not feared, in Silicon Valley. Google's aim to outwit its competitors earned it the right for a second look from the tech community as well as corporations from the Silicon Valley. As Microsoft has said, Google is the most Microsoft-like company that they ever competed with. But, have you ever heard of "if you can't beat them, join them". Oh, it gives me the creeps that the more Google becomes aggresive, the more it'll be enticing from Microsot's eyes. It can either be defeated OR absorbed (merger). Without Google, there'll be no company large enough to battle with the giant (no, F/OSS community cannot do it without being backed-up or "forked" by a large company, ie. IBM). With Google merged/acquired by Microsoft, your desktop-bound and mobile life will end up micro-googling everything.

Beware, the heralded Google could be straying into the Dark Side.

richard@work