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+1 for that last paragraph. Just thinking that you need a billion dollar product or it's not worth it, will mean that no potentially game-changing ideas that s
by buro9 16y ago
+1 for that last paragraph.
Just thinking that you need a billion dollar product or it's not worth it, will mean that no potentially game-changing ideas that start as a seed and will grow can come through the system. You're left with only the options to buy (but now the other companies will not sell as they have wisened up to their value) or partner (and you'll not get the real benefit or possibilities from it, and your competitors might).
- rsbrown 16y agoTotally agree. Many have criticized Google's culture of "try lots of things", but it has clearly worked well for them. Microsoft should be encouraging their young, hungry tech talent to be creating tomorrow's killer apps today. Bureaucracy and top-down direction will kill this type of innovation every time.
- encoderer 16y agoGoogle's product development looks strikingly similar to Microsoft's from my POV. They buy small companies and assimilate their products. Microsoft has done this many times, making many small but "successful" products. So has Google. And they both have just a handful of home-grown products that support their reputation. Personally, I find no fault with the strategy. But I do find fault with the way people use Google to bash Microsoft when they're so similar in this respect. Everybody knows about Microsoft's acquire / "embrace extend extinguish" so how about a brief one for Google, to reinforce my point. 1. Search - Home Grown, Obv. 2. AdWords - Embrace/Extend/Extinguish - Copied from IdeaLab, Sued, Settled out of Court 3. AdSense - Acquisition 4. Maps - Acquisition 5. GMail - Home Grown. 6. Android - Acquisition 7. Chrome - Not sure entirely, but def based on WebKit, Seems fair to say it's not an E/E/E strategy tho. 8. Display Advertising - Acquisition 9. Docs - Several Acquisitions 10. Voice - Acquisition
- ollerac 16y agore: Chrome several former GreenBorder employees were named in a description of [Chrome's] sandboxing ability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreenBorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreenBorder via: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-googles-acquisition-map/ http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-googles-acquisiti...