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I like how in #1 he says, "Don't just do what others are doing!", then goes on in #2 to say, "You don't have to be original! Google wasn't the first search engi
by jff 15y ago
I like how in #1 he says, "Don't just do what others are doing!", then goes on in #2 to say, "You don't have to be original! Google wasn't the first search engine!"
Google is a good example, in fact, because they followed #1, #3, #4, and quite possibly #2 (a search engine that doesn't suck? How novel!). There also might be doses of #5 sprinkled throughout Google's work.
- Wilduck 15y agoThe difference is that in the #1 point he was talking about not simply implementing the features of a competitor. If you notice company B has feature X and therefore decide you must have it as well, you may be in trouble if it turns out feature X isn't useful and is hard to implement. So, it's obvious that while Google wasn't the first search engine, they also weren't simply copying Altavista's feature list.