Simon Cook, of DFJ Esprit, a venture-capital company, argues that Silicon Valley’s most successful export is not Google or Apple but the idea of Silicon Valley itself.

DFJ Esprit创业资本公司的西蒙•库克说：“硅谷最成功之处并不是产生了谷歌或苹果，而是硅谷精神本身”。

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But I think Ross 'post may be a sign of a change in attitude towards Google that's been percolating for the last year or so, and is beginning to manifest itself.

但我认为Ross的文章是过去一年中对Google态度的转变的一个标志。这种转变正越来越明显。

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Simon Cook, of DFJ Esprit, a venture-capital company, argues that Silicon Valley's most successful export is not Google or Apple but the idea of Silicon Valley itself.

DFJ Esprit创业资本公司的西蒙•库克说：“硅谷最成功之处并不是产生了谷歌或苹果，而是硅谷精神本身”。

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But they illustrate the vulnerability of Google's new platform, and raise the question of who's responsible for OpenSocial's security: application developers, social networking sites or Google itself?

FORBES: Google's OpenSocial Could Invite Trouble

There is no evidence that Google plans to host or even make a phone itself.

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Not least, Google by itself probably will never be the hardware powerhouse that Apple or even Microsoft is.

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