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Microsoft researchers didn't let corporate politics stand in their way -- they wrote the mobile version for the iPhone, not Windows Phone 7 (Street Slide is sti
by mrshoe 16y ago
Microsoft researchers didn't let corporate politics stand in their way -- they wrote the mobile version for the iPhone, not Windows Phone 7 (Street Slide is still unreleased, mind you).
Now, will Google Maps engineers be able to perform a similar feat and implement a technology invented at Microsoft?
- llaxsll 16y agoI believe the message with the iphone is interoperability. Love the idea otherwise. Very nice experience.
- guelo 16y agoI'm having a hard time unpacking this. Microsoft wrote a demo on Apple's platform so you want Google to write something on a Microsoft platform? Seems like a non sequitur. BTW, Google's stuff has been on Apple's platform since day one.
- mrshoe 16y agoUgh. Here's some unpacking, then: I never said Google should write something on a Microsoft platform. I implied that Google should implement this Street Slide method in Google Maps and mused as to whether the Google brass would allow them to copy a Microsoft innovation. You see, within Big Companies there is a common problem where engineers aren't allowed to use competitors' technologies because it hurts the corporate image. No one wants to see "Google copies Microsoft with new Maps feature" headlines, just like no one wants to see "Not even Microsoft engineers are stupid enough to develop for Windows Phone 7" headlines. Some people call this Not Invented Here Syndrome. This is a problem because it's counterproductive. Street Slide should be implemented on the iPhone first. Google Maps should add Street Slide. Hopefully their corporate overlords will have the vision to allow the engineers to do so.
- roc 16y ago> "whether the Google brass would allow them to copy a Microsoft innovation." Have you seen Google's search results lately? The web results and the image search updates have no lack of Bing-ish-ness.
- DougBTX 16y agoWell, you can actually buy an iPhone on the highstreet. If they wanted to do a demo on a Windows Phone 7 phone, they would need to hunt down a pre-production device. So far, WP7 is itself just a software demo.