Sort a loaded question, I don't believe they alwasy do. I feel most of the time they spot things that are 'innovative' and either acquire or copy it. I tend to

Sort a loaded question, I don't believe they alwasy do. I feel most of the time they spot things that are 'innovative' and either acquire or copy it. I tend to think that for something to be innovative it needs to also be well received. That requires good timing. Google Wave was impressive technically, but the world wasn't interested. Google Instant search is impressive, but would you switch search engines for such a feature? Will you even see this feature during the day? I won't, because I never go to the Google homepage to search.