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I think it (Google Cloud) can. I suspect there's a pretty big difference between being a dominant social network vs being a dominant cloud platform. People eval
by alonmower 10y ago
I think it (Google Cloud) can. I suspect there's a pretty big difference between being a dominant social network vs being a dominant cloud platform. People evaluating cloud platforms are going to be looking at cost + functionality in a much more pragmatic way compared to people just joining whatever network happens to have the highest number of their friends already registered. While there are still certainly network effects for platforms (third party tools, people with experience, etc...) Google can really compete on cost + performance by nature of their existing scale without needing to throw tons of money at the problem like another competitor would
- redwood 10y agoOne of my worries is that there seems to be the "Google way of doing things" which the rest of the world can't easily adjust to, the way Google insider policies can dictate. If they're too much of a special snowflake it'll slow adoption. Hope you're right though.
- redwood 10y agoOne of my worries is that there seems to be the "Google way of doing things" which the rest of the world can't easily adjust to, the way Google insider policies can dictate. If they're too much of a special snowflake it'll slow adoption. Hope you're right though.