"I say, 'You should blanket me' or 'you should blanket her', meaning like a blanket is a blessing. It's a way of showing love and caring." --Michael Jackson
Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
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Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#22So what's wrong with giving out blankets? I don't quite get it. It's an odd gift, but I don't see how it can be worth a polemic.
They are disease-infected, I presume.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#23Why can't this be a genuine desire from Google to send a feeling of warmth to open source developers?
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#24Why is there a "[sic]" in the title? After reading the post on Slashdot, I have the impression that we are talking about actual blankets. So the word is correctly spelled.
[sic] isn't used exclusively for spelling mistakes -- it means "thus was it written", aka. "this looks wrong, but it really isn't". In this case, I think the intention is to make explicit that yes, they really are sending blankets .
It's pretty non-standard to use [sic] when it's not a quote.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#25How could Google e so callous as to reward people for their contributions. I realize polyester is a fabric of the devil, but I don't think a google is trying to convert anybody to the church of satan. Is it so hard to say "thanks" for an unexpected gift? (And to the mods, please remove the [sic]. Yes, it's in the original, but it's wrong and will certainly lead to clicks from people trying to figure out what was real…
> and will certainly lead to clicks from people trying to figure out what was really written. raises hand, looks sheepish I couldn't figure out what word was close to "blankets".
Me too. blanket... blanks... blankety...? banker.. grah.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#26I got an email like this a couple of years ago -- apparently someone liked my work on bsdiff. 175 USD of stuff from the Google Store plus a gift; in my case, the gift turned out to be a modular pocket knife (http://www.quirky.com/products/35). (Oh, and it had "Google I think it's great that Google has a program for recognizing open source developers; that said, they seem to be going a bit far afield with their "give people something cool they might not have yet". I think they'd do better to send people Android phones -- at least that is something people would be more likely to use.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#27How could Google e so callous as to reward people for their contributions. I realize polyester is a fabric of the devil, but I don't think a google is trying to convert anybody to the church of satan. Is it so hard to say "thanks" for an unexpected gift? (And to the mods, please remove the [sic]. Yes, it's in the original, but it's wrong and will certainly lead to clicks from people trying to figure out what was real…
I think the appropriate correction at this point would be
> Google is sending out blankets [sic[sic]] to open-source developers
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#28Is this a legal technique to avoid Google having to pay for open source software in any way? Does acceptance of the blanket mean anything legally?
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#29Looks like an open and shut case of Google being hilariously evil again. What's going to happen when they run out of blankets, huh? Are they are going to shut that down like Reader? I just don't know who to trust anymore.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#30Don't open the ones from Oracle, they have smallpox.