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Story: Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'

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Manufactured controversy

I guess I should be tickled to be quoted here, but instead I'm slightly appalled. The "blog post" in question was not my blog, but rather Simon Willison's; I merely left a comment on the article. My comments were taken out of context. I have no beef with Protocol Buffers per se, and one of the later commenters in the story later answered the questions I had about the textual representation of the format in Google's API docs. Furthermore, my job title wasn't present anywhere in my comments; the writer evidently followed the link to my personal blog (http://davidgolightly.blogspot.com), found my job title, and quoted me out of context without contacting me for permission first. While I realize that getting content off the internet is more useless than trying to get urine out of a tainted swimming pool, I would have more respect for the writer's journalistic integrity had I been contact for a more apropos comment, rather than having my words taken out of context without my foreknowledge.

Protocol Buffers. They're great, try some.

-- David Golightly

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