Google's Sergey Brin Talks About China Gamble - WSJ.com

Behind Google Inc.'s dramatic decision to shutter its China-based search engine this week was co-founder Sergey Brin's change of heart about the compromises required to do business in a land that was increasingly reminding him of his native Soviet Union.

To the extent that Brin controls the future of this company I feel pretty good about it. Not so sure about the other two. Brin would appear to be both the brains and the heart of Google. I don't think I am alone in feeling that way.