Too often stories in the press describe "Google" as a single entity and all its actions as part of a unified (and usually diabolical) plan. I think many readers would be reassured if they could only see, as we do from the inside, the degree to which Google is an immense and chaotic collection of organizations making independent and often incoherent plans. ;-)
On Thursday 15 August 2024 at 12:17:50 UTC-4 Amnon wrote: > Thanks, Ian for putting our minds to rest. > > On Thursday 15 August 2024 at 17:11:41 UTC+1 Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 1:10 AM 'Axel Wagner' via golang-nuts > <golan...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > The facts of the title are correct. See here: > > > https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/google-lays-off-staff-from-flutter-dart-python-weeks-before-its-developer-conference/ > > > https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/0OqBkS2RzWw > > However, mentioning these in the same sentences seems to drum up a storm > in a water glass to me. They have very little in common. > > I can't read the article either, but I have to agree. The Go team is > not facing turmoil. (To be clear, I'm on the Go team.) We had this > kind of transition before, when Rob Pike handed lead responsibilities > to Russ Cox. Now, 12 years later, we are having another transition, > this time to Austin Clements. These kinds of transitions are normal > for a long-lasting software project. > > Ian > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/b4557ce5-5b7e-454f-ad71-6fbf2104cba9n%40googlegroups.com.
