For those up you that realize that what some might call my obsession with google is really a watchful eye on probably the current leader in internet (and perhaps all information systems) technology - here's an article that delves deeply into google's IT structure, and direction. Hey, google has thier own file system, web server, and distributed operating system. This is a lot more than a search engine.

A quote:

"I've written before about Google's snippet service, which required that they store the entire web in RAM."

And an interesting fact, google 'engineers' come from a wide range of places. From working on 'A Bug's Life' to the Mars Exploration Rover.