So this is just a cross-link, but I really like what Mitch Kapor had to say about the upcoming Google IPO:
Mitch Kapor’s Weblog: The Google IPO
What I hope even more is that their bold moves will stimulate a whole series of debates about the ways in which venture capital and Wall St. do and don’t work to promote the development of technology, like Google’s, which genuinely serves people’s needs.
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