The Dog Ate My Homework: The Google Approach
July 18, 2016
i read “Google Given Extra Six Weeks to Sort Its Act Out in EU Android Antitrust Probe.” When I was in college, I was annoyed when students missed the professor’s deadline. My approach was to manage my time within the boundaries set by the person who was “teaching” me. I taught (believe it or not) for a short time while I was working on my PhD in some obscure subject area related to medieval poetry and heard some interesting excuses from deadline misses; for example:
- The dog tore up my report.
- My mother was robbed.
- It was raining and I did not want my homework to get wet.
Wonderful and somewhat entertaining.
The Google variation, according to the write up:
“Google asked for additional time to review the documents in the case file.”
Ah, slow readers challenged by time management.
Several questions flashed through my mind:
- Will Google ask for additional delays, biding its time until the EU implodes?
- Will Google show up and then have its legal eagles engages in swoops and dives to divert the legal air flows?
- Will Google just continue along its path knowing that everyone in the EU uses Google services so the legal dust up is Sturm und Drang with some political laser lights flashing?
Worth watching.
Stephen E Arnold, July 18, 2016
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