Re: [tlug] Google in Japan

["Fergal Daly" <fergal@example.com>]

On 16/12/06, Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Jason Hall wrote:
>
> > Curt wrote:
> >> Oh, I was a bad boy, and didn't include a reference. Here's a paper on
> >> the Google File System:
> >>     http://labs.google.com/papers/gfs-sosp2003.pdf
> >
> > Just a tidbit. Did you know one of the authors, Howard Gobioff, was in Tokyo
> > for a couple years? He's moved on to another Google location now.
>
> I had no idea, but that's interesting. What does Google do in Tokyo,
> anyway? Any real research, or is it mostly just a sales office?
>
> In fact, I'd be curious to hear stories about any foreign companies that
> do the majority of their research and development in their home country,
> but have any kind of substantial research and development happenining
> (in Japanese or English) in Japan.

(disclosure: I work for Google Ireland and am using the Tokyo office
while visiting Japan).

Google Tokyo is a relatively large sales office. It also has an R&D
section. Some of the work is on making Google's apps work well in
Japanese and/or in Japan. For example CJK websearch is a tougher
problem than English websearch for various reasons, some of the
engineers in Japan are working on that. I think you can find some info
on the .co.jp website (in Japanese). They're looking for Linux
sysadmins too but I'm getting dangerously close to a job advertisement
and I've only been on the list a few days!

F

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