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> The Jamboard may be superior but the Jamboard doesn't exist as an actual product. We have no final demos, no release date (except "2017"), no specs, and no pr

by dom0 10y ago

> The Jamboard may be superior but the Jamboard doesn't exist as an actual product. We have no final demos, no release date (except "2017"), no specs, and no prices. When the Jamboard ships, only then can we draw decent comparisons. Yeah, but it's Google. It feels like at least half their products that are announced with big fanfare either are never released, or released and then scrapped after just a couple years (Code, Wave, Code Search, ...).

brianwawok 10y ago
What should they do to products that dont work? Keep pouring good money in them?
- dom0 10y ago
  Don't announce stuff you won't release? Like eg. Project Ara
  - codazoda 10y ago
    As consumers, we might want this, but it's not a smart idea for companies. Their early announcements are tests to see if there's enough excitement long before the product is ready. If very few people get excited then very few people remember you never finished the thing because no one cared. Google, especially, is looking at these types of metrics early on.
    - pjmlp 10y ago
      This is what company partners are for. For example, my employer got to taste pre-alpha .NET, back in the day.
    - hashhar 10y ago
      This reminds me of a talk by Steve Yegge (an episode of the original old StackOverflow Podcast) where he says that the reverse is true a lot of the time. If you announce something and people find it lacklustre, they won't even care when you release the product even it is amazing. Similarly if you hype before release and deliver, you will never be able to meet the hype that you set yourself and that will lead to failure. [1]: http://stackoverflow.blog/2008/10/podcast-25/ http://stackoverflow.blog/2008/10/podcast-25/
    - mark-r 10y ago
      Interestingly enough, Google has the best metrics with which to gauge customer interest - just tally up the searches for the product.
- jknoepfler 10y ago
  not hyping vaporware would be a start
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by dom0 10y ago

brianwawok 10y ago

What should they do to products that dont work? Keep pouring good money in them?

dom0 10y ago
Don't announce stuff you won't release? Like eg. Project Ara
- codazoda 10y ago
  As consumers, we might want this, but it's not a smart idea for companies. Their early announcements are tests to see if there's enough excitement long before the product is ready. If very few people get excited then very few people remember you never finished the thing because no one cared. Google, especially, is looking at these types of metrics early on.
  - pjmlp 10y ago
    This is what company partners are for. For example, my employer got to taste pre-alpha .NET, back in the day.
  - hashhar 10y ago
    This reminds me of a talk by Steve Yegge (an episode of the original old StackOverflow Podcast) where he says that the reverse is true a lot of the time. If you announce something and people find it lacklustre, they won't even care when you release the product even it is amazing. Similarly if you hype before release and deliver, you will never be able to meet the hype that you set yourself and that will lead to failure. [1]: http://stackoverflow.blog/2008/10/podcast-25/ http://stackoverflow.blog/2008/10/podcast-25/
  - mark-r 10y ago
    Interestingly enough, Google has the best metrics with which to gauge customer interest - just tally up the searches for the product.
jknoepfler 10y ago
not hyping vaporware would be a start
- deleted 10y ago
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