Alphabet Google: A Variant of the Dog Ate My Homework
August 14, 2015
I read a story which I assume is true. I had a brief brush with teaching in graduate school. I heard some amazing things. Most of them focused on a common theme:
I need more time to complete my paper.
I never heard anyone say, “The dog ate my homework.” I did hear that a student was caught in a family squabble and various legal actions triggered several days of absences. Once my short, confusing instructional experience ended, I assumed that I would not hear any more of the dog ate my homework excuse.
I was wrong.
Navigate to “EU Extends Google Antitrust Investigation Response Deadline.” I learned:
Google now has until August 31 to answer the charges made against it. It’s the second time that Google has had the deadline for responding to the claims made against it extended, with the web firm’s initial deadline of July 7 previously moved back to August 17.
Google has been busy. Google is now alphabet. The Google that used to include Loon balloons and beating death is now the “old” Google. I am not confused, but I assume that figuring out who and what is under EU scrutiny takes some time to figure out.
What’s fascinating is that Google did the student thing. Even more surprising is that the EU seems to be a flexible deadline setter.
Woof, woof. The dog does not have indigestion. Will the disobedient dog make another attempt to consume GOOG or Alphabet or – wait, wait, don’t tell me – maybe GOOGL outputs again?
Ploy or time management issues? You decide.
Stephen E Arnold, August 14, 2015
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