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Yes, but you compared google adding a new link to their search results to Microsoft releasing new versions of windows. That comparison doesnt make sense; howeve
by oldstrangers 16y ago
Yes, but you compared google adding a new link to their search results to Microsoft releasing new versions of windows. That comparison doesnt make sense; however, the small updates Microsoft makes daily is a valid comparison. You're off on a different argument now, regardless.
- cryptoz 16y agoI was trying to generalize a bit with their strategies rather than make specific one-to-one comparisons. When Google rolls out a search results page change, potentially hundreds of millions of people see the effect immediately. When Microsoft pushes updates to Windows, there is rarely new functionality added and few people actually notice day to day. Most definitely not all Windows installations get the updates daily (whatever happened to Patch Tuesday? Does MS actually push out daily updates to their customers? I'd be very impressed if this is true). Anyway, all I was really trying to say is that Google is, in general, faster to react to market changes, faster to push updates, and faster in developing new features when compared to Microsoft. And that's one of their advantages. Sorry if my specific examples became the primary discussion here, I really only meant the Windows comparison to be an example showing a larger strategy.
- kenjackson 16y agoBut Bing does new features at a pace on par, if not faster, than Google search. It might be the case that different types of products have different release cycles. Not strictly though... IE is way slower than Chrome to rev.
- chc 16y agoI've always had the impression that's because the IE team is kind of paralyzed by a fear of breaking the Web.