Google Adds Speed to Internet and Power to Itself

First search, then Google Ads, then Google Docs, then Google Chome, then Go, then Google Chrome OS, now SPDY. What do these all have in common?

It's the same game Google has played and won before. Killer product attracts users, compel them to make a switch. It's Apple's model too. But it's only Microsoft's motto, however they can't execute because they're just not nimble anymore.

If Google's SPDY is able to compel the "Internet" to move from HTTP after 13 years of limitations, Google truly will own the internet. Corporations should not be allowed to create these web standards or protocols alone, since the one who invents will have the competitive advantage over all others.

This will of course set off alarms at Microsoft, which would not be happy with Google owning the protocol through which all Web sites are transmitted. --switched.com

http://www.switched.com/2009/11/14/google-looks-to-boost-web-speeds-with-spdy/

I have never seen a tech company have such clear vision, ability to influence the future, and so quickly monopolize the web. What happens inside those walls is far from transparent. Public companies should be required to be transparent not just on financials but on corporate responsibility.