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Wow. Jeff is one of my favorite creators. Google has come a long way from "don't be evil"...


That's not meant to apply to Google, it's actually a warning for its users - "Do No Evil (we are watching you)".


I always assumed it was still a Google moto but they just split it into two sentences that describe what to do in any circumstance.

“Don’t! Be evil.” :P


And how is teaching installing a self hosted service "evil"?


By this time we should assume Google's motto is "do be evil"


I think it's more "Don't be evil[ be two-faced]".

Being evil exclusively would actually be detrimental to their company. If you're two-faced, you can say "Yes I work for Google and help harvest data for their monopoly to the detriment of humanity, but I'm a really nice person outside of work otherwise."




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