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I miss the Google run by Eric Schmidt. What Larry Page is doing to Google reeks of what Ballmer did to Microsoft. It is no doubt a profitable strategy, at the c
by dude_abides 15y ago
I miss the Google run by Eric Schmidt. What Larry Page is doing to Google reeks of what Ballmer did to Microsoft. It is no doubt a profitable strategy, at the cost of "coolness" that Google has always been known for. History books might remember Google Plus having displaced Facebook similar to how IE displaced Netscape.
- melling 15y agoHe's trying to run the company more like Apple, which is what Steve Job's recommended that Larry do. It comes down to doing a few things well and focusing. Probably a lesson that we all need to learn.
- dude_abides 15y agoHe definitely learnt "focus" from how Steve Jobs ran Apple, which is a great thing. But he also learnt a few things from Microsoft: clone the market leader, and use your dominant position to gain market share for your clone (eg. Android, Google+). That is just not Apple strategy.
- gdubs 15y agoHow is that what they're doing? I personally miss the simple search engine it used to be. Didn't PG write something similar recently? Google has become a frustrating user experience. Everything is constantly moving around, it feels cluttered and I frequently lose interesting search results pages due to strange glitches, probably resulting from key mappings that I'm not aware of.
- melling 15y agoThey are killing off lots of other projects and focusing on far fewer. What you wrote is a tangent from what I wrote. You are complaining because by focusing more on search they are making it worse. Whether search is better now can be debated, and I don't have an opinion, but they are certainly focusing on it.