Apple was usually pretty bad (though remember, the Apple I and Apple ][ were demonstrated at Homebrew before Apple even existed as a company), but in my experience, Google is a whole different level of <i>omerta</i>.  Don&#x27;t get me wrong, there are great things about both Apple and Google, but I think the secrecy thing is super corrosive.<p>(I guess I should confess that my objectivity can probably be called into question here: I have lots of friends who work or have worked at Apple, Google, or both, and as far as I know, none who have worked at a company that either of them crushed.  Unless you count OLPC.)