ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, I would like to thank all those who contributed to this book's ideas and preparation. The sources that underlie it are numerous and include conversations with current and former Googlers, bloggers, technologists, economists, and many others whose articles and papers were of great help. But I would especially like to thank all those with whom I had, in both Europe and America, the rare opportunity to discuss Google's management and methods.
Of those who helped me directly, thanks to Malo Girod de l'Ain, my French publisher, who offered me some very good advice while I was drafting this book and gave me the opportunity to test out many of my ideas on the blog he launched as soon as he decided to publish this book. Eldon Brown ...