2019-02-12 UTC
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[tantek] aaronpk, here's an early (2010) citation for "delayed-open" https://web.archive.org/web/20160404120645/http://hueniverse.com/2010/05/28/open-vs-fast-good-vs-evil-google-vs-facebook/ - "Google is hoping to get away with doing more work delayed-open" - so yeah, delayed-open may be a common cultural thread inside Google.