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Having multiple competing projects is not unheard of in the business world in general, and in high-achieving technology businesses in particular. Often, those o
by dunpeal 8y ago
Having multiple competing projects is not unheard of in the business world in general, and in high-achieving technology businesses in particular. Often, those outside the organization are only aware of the winning project, and the others are quietly discontinued, with many / most / all members moving to the winning team.
I know of several other prominent examples, but can't mention by name because I'd be breaking an NDA.
Also, Fuchsia is a successor, not a competing project, strictly speaking. It would be the "gauntlet" scenario if Google was running multiple ongoing projects all competing to "inherit" Android (which quite possible it does...)
- tootie 8y agoI've heard that Intel used to do this. They would have separate teams working on next gen chips. Eventually they'd have a bake off and pick a winner and the rest would get written off as R&D. I'm guessing they at least pick up some learnings from the dead projects.
- mchahn 8y agoThis is often called the NASA approach since they've hired multiple companies to provide the same component many times. Then they use the best one.