Google =WalMart?

There was an interesting discussion of me with my friends. It was partially driven by something I had seen 2 years ago - EPIC

I teased the thought whether Google was becoming the WalMart of the cyberspace. The parallels are being drawn from the fact that Google is shattering the traditional myths, consolidating businesses to create economies of scale, and entering in various businesses with disruptive models.

There will come a time when there will be mass-protests against Google too....just like there are right now against WalMart, in general, and while Wal-Mart was trying to enter banking and financial services industry.

The whole thought process was triggered by the fact that Google is making headlines everyday and the recent proposal to dip their toes in the waters of radio industry was simply awesome !
Click here to read the story. It also decided to get into print media.

Under such conditions, will a career @ Google make sense? One, they dont have a career path defined (that's not required), and second they will try to exert pressure on their suppliers - for instance, the universities for the labor. Google has significant presence on Carnegie Mellon campus and is doing whatever it takes to woo the students, even if it involves their reps cursing the rivals Microsoft (I was taken aback when two of their reps ripped off Microsoft...and these were kids - just 6-8 months experience...clearly indicating their immaturity and arrogance). However, I think that the crowd at CMU is discerning enough to understand the whole deal....especially the management students.

Disclaimer: I have no grudges with Google...but the whole disruptive mindset is worth a critic - I may post something in details later (which will focus towards the fact that disruptive mindset is good in some arenas and not all.)