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Now that I live in it, I may not agree with it, but I understand it. Google doesn't. I love the hubris of statements like this. Google makes decisions based on

Now that I live in it, I may not agree with it, but I understand it. Google doesn't. I love the hubris of statements like this. Google makes decisions based on many factors, many of which you have no idea about. The idea that they're leaving an incredible amount of money on the table because they just lack all your enterprise experience is ludicrous.

reggieband 10y ago
> because they just lack all your enterprise experience I can only speak to the architectural projects I have been involved with and to the general attitude around the office. I could rephrase my last statement as: "The general impression from the technical managers at my workplace is that Google does not demonstrate understanding of the factors that influence the types of large enterprise purchases we routinely make". I might suggest you are mistaking my description of the inner-workings of my workplace with a value judgement, or with my own technical assessment of Google's technology. What you need to understand is that it is people like me pitching Google Cloud and witnessing it getting shot down. I'm trying to explain to you why.
- panzagl 10y ago
  Sorry, but I love how someone with the username 'solipsism' is basically accusing you of being too ego-centric.
- solipsism 10y ago
  What you need to understand is that it is people like me pitching Google Cloud and witnessing it getting shot down And you feel you have sufficient understanding of all the tradeoffs involved in Google choosing to implement what you want them to implement in the way you want them to implement it? You know enough about their overall Cloud strategy, their future development plans, their staffing situation, etc? Because it sounds like you're saying, "I have some money I'm willing to pay. Google won't take it, Google just doesn't understand!" There are lots of jobs you could offer me that I would turn down for a variety of reasons.

reggieband 10y ago

> because they just lack all your enterprise experience I can only speak to the architectural projects I have been involved with and to the general attitude around the office. I could rephrase my last statement as: "The general impression from the technical managers at my workplace is that Google does not demonstrate understanding of the factors that influence the types of large enterprise purchases we routinely make". I might suggest you are mistaking my description of the inner-workings of my workplace with a value judgement, or with my own technical assessment of Google's technology. What you need to understand is that it is people like me pitching Google Cloud and witnessing it getting shot down. I'm trying to explain to you why.

panzagl 10y ago
Sorry, but I love how someone with the username 'solipsism' is basically accusing you of being too ego-centric.
solipsism 10y ago
What you need to understand is that it is people like me pitching Google Cloud and witnessing it getting shot down And you feel you have sufficient understanding of all the tradeoffs involved in Google choosing to implement what you want them to implement in the way you want them to implement it? You know enough about their overall Cloud strategy, their future development plans, their staffing situation, etc? Because it sounds like you're saying, "I have some money I'm willing to pay. Google won't take it, Google just doesn't understand!" There are lots of jobs you could offer me that I would turn down for a variety of reasons.