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My understanding is that MSFT operates in similar fashion. The difference is that none of the implementations get green lighted until some C level exec asks yea
by hkmurakami 10y ago
My understanding is that MSFT operates in similar fashion. The difference is that none of the implementations get green lighted until some C level exec asks years later, "Hey why don't we do X?" Some other guy in the room will reply, "Sure, we have 4 versions of X. Which one do you want."
- toyg 10y agoThat's what I thought while reading the post. Microsoft was infamous for internal divisions basically acting as separate companies, with divergent roadmaps, duplicated features and so on. In this case, however, given the prominence that was originally placed on the acquisition (at a time when Google had no direct presence in home automation), I suspect that the original vision was to actually merge the two worlds. The Google rank&file probably learnt very quickly how toxic Fadell was, and then proceeded to keep Nest at arms' length and do their own thing, basically writing off the acquisition and hoping it will eventually go away.