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Facebook is special because if Facebook breaks the site for a release or two, it doesn't really matter, since the product is not business-critical to users (Mic
by lurker14 15y ago
Facebook is special because if Facebook breaks the site for a release or two, it doesn't really matter, since the product is not business-critical to users (Microsoft software) and has a moat protecting against immediate revenue-losing defection (Amazon shopping).
At most large companies, if they break their main product (Vista, or a site outage), they will lose a lot of revenue.
- gaius 15y agoMore importantly, Amazon deals with real stuff. As in, if something goes wrong, real physical things and/or other people's money go missing. What're the consequences if Facebook status update gets dropped? I say this all the time, Facebook's experience (and Google's, and whoever's) is simply not relevant unless you do what they do. All the people who would love to work at FB would be up in arms if their bank was run like that.