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This is pure marketing that might convince decision makers and execs that didn't play Pokémon Go. No doubt, the CRE program could prove valuable. But in this c
by AaronFriel 10y ago
This is pure marketing that might convince decision makers and execs that didn't play Pokémon Go.
No doubt, the CRE program could prove valuable. But in this case, they are congratulating themselves on a rocky and widely panned launch of a product on their platform. One might wonder, "If this is what deploying a viral app on Google Cloud Platform looks like when you have help from Google engineers, what chance does anyone else have of getting something right on their platform?"
I think that's probably the wrong takeaway, but it's not difficult for me to imagine that being the only conclusion one has.
- itcmcgrath 10y ago"Niantic phoned in to Google CRE for reinforcements" -> Note this was post-launch on the world's largest ever mobile launch.
- AaronFriel 10y agoArticle states that it was still prior to the US launch date.
- itcmcgrath 10y ago"the next day". Looking on the graph shows there wasn't a lot of time between initial launch, and exceeding the world-wide worst case estimates.
- Raphmedia 10y agoCanadian launch was also very unstable and it was well after US.
- anon987 10y agoAbsolute marketing trash with almost zero technical value. If I linked an old style "HP Whitepaper about Success with Customer X" it would be downvoted to hell - but that's exactly what this article is, but by Google instead of HP.