Comments on: Obama, Schmidt, Mundie: The Fellowship of the Pings http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090428/fellowship-of-the-pings/ by John Paczkowski Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:20:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Um, This Is Kind of a Big Deal. That Other Thing? Not So Much. http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090428/fellowship-of-the-pings/comment-page-1/#comment-68255 Um, This Is Kind of a Big Deal. That Other Thing? Not So Much. Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:53:51 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=16492#comment-68255 [...] The usually smart All Things D blog chimes in with: Category : 463 [...] [...] The usually smart All Things D blog chimes in with: Category : 463 [...]

]]> By: sean garrett http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090428/fellowship-of-the-pings/comment-page-1/#comment-6485 sean garrett Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:19:01 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=16492#comment-6485 >>"(The Schmidt appointment) is one more indication–and the biggest one yet–that Google has become firmly part of the Washington establishment." Sorry, but no. PCAST is a well-respected body that has been employed by most presidents in the last fifty years or so. But, it is, to its core, a top-notch blue-ribbon panel made up of academics, researchers and select industry folk. Saying that this is the cherry on top of Google becoming part of the "Washington establishment" is paramount to saying that the "Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University now as equal access to the Obamas as the first puppy." (Daniel Schrag, the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology in said department is also a member) Google has indeed made big strides forward in DC. This is a nice inclusion for Schmidt, but it is not anywhere near "the biggest example yet" of "Google has become firmly part of the Washington establishment." >>”(The Schmidt appointment) is one more indication–and the biggest one yet–that Google has become firmly part of the Washington establishment.”

Sorry, but no.

PCAST is a well-respected body that has been employed by most presidents in the last fifty years or so. But, it is, to its core, a top-notch blue-ribbon panel made up of academics, researchers and select industry folk.

Saying that this is the cherry on top of Google becoming part of the “Washington establishment” is paramount to saying that the “Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University now as equal access to the Obamas as the first puppy.” (Daniel Schrag, the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology in said department is also a member)

Google has indeed made big strides forward in DC. This is a nice inclusion for Schmidt, but it is not anywhere near “the biggest example yet” of “Google has become firmly part of the Washington establishment.”

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]]> By: Trade Jim Dow 30 » Fellowship of the Pings (at AllThingsD) http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090428/fellowship-of-the-pings/comment-page-1/#comment-6473 Trade Jim Dow 30 » Fellowship of the Pings (at AllThingsD) Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:03:09 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=16492#comment-6473 [...] Back in 2005 Google was represented in Washington by a lone staffer. The company’s political innocence was something of a joke among seasoned beltway players and it didn’t much seem to care. Go to Source [...] [...] Back in 2005 Google was represented in Washington by a lone staffer. The company’s political innocence was something of a joke among seasoned beltway players and it didn’t much seem to care. Go to Source [...]

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