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Exactly, a few employees + dollars to try some things out is nothing.
by petervandijck 15y ago
Exactly, a few employees + dollars to try some things out is nothing.
- esrauch 15y agoIt hurts their brand image though. If Google's only products were Search, Android, Gmail, Adsense, Youtube, Docs, Chrome, and Maps then some new product they announced would probably have everyone assuming its going to dominate it's field and signing up to use it instantly. Since they have had more high profile failures than high profile launches in the last 5-ish years, that leads to people not really trusting that any new product launch is going to be a winner. People having a "wait and see" mentality works fine for certain products (gmail, maps, news, etc would both be fine in that area) but it really kills anything that have social aspects (or economy of scale type products) like Buzz, Wave, Places, etc. These things just have significantly lower value if your IRL social network isn't using the product.
- petervandijck 15y agoEven they can't predict all winners. So the alternative is stagnation.