This says it all

Thursday, November 1, 2007 by Dave Winer.

Dare Obasanjo, who works at Microsoft, says that Google has transformed itself into "Microsoft of Old." 

It seems true, with a bit of Sun and Java thrown in as well.  

It's the hurt of the software industry, moving away from serving users, and getting spun in its own drama.  

It's not much longer before something totally new sprouts, quietly, out of sight, and re-energizes the people who care about the purpose of technology, which is to enable and empower, not limit and cripple.  

We lifted Google on our shoulders as our vision of what was good about the web. They're so far from that ideal these days.