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Google has a significant fraction of the best and brightest developers of our generation on payroll. It’s not surprising that they create innovative technology.
by thomasz 7y ago
Google has a significant fraction of the best and brightest developers of our generation on payroll. It’s not surprising that they create innovative technology.
It’s just that they really suck at creating products. After gmail and maps there were next to no successes; even when they throw all their weight behind something like they did with buzz and plus, they tend to fail hard.
- icebraining 7y ago> After gmail and maps there were next to no successes Yeah, just little used products like Android and Chrome /s
- thomasz 7y agoNeither chrome nor android have a revenue stream. Both are long time strategic hedges meant to protect the ad revenue from gmail, search and maps.