They really even had that as a poll? Amazon aggressively opened up their architecture to the community as a key business strategy. I remember well all the clue

They really even had that as a poll? Amazon aggressively opened up their architecture to the community as a key business strategy. I remember well all the clueless reporters interviewing Bezos and constantly looking befuddled at why he would do such a thing. Now it seems obvious. Google has arguably even greater architecture, but they keep it under tight wraps. I can see why - they probably don't want to risk losing focus on their key revenue streams. That's one of the key differences between Amazon and Google. Amazon seems to be incredibly good at diversifying their revenue streams without losing focus. Amazon launches new services and, for the most part, they take off and flourish. Google does a few key things really really amazingly well, but I've often seen their acquisitions/pet-projects die from neglect. Sometimes I wonder if those differences are because of the way the companies are organized. Amazon seems more of a benevolent oligarchy, and Google seems more of a developers-paradise-soup. I'm sure there are other factors at work - which are the most relevant?