I wonder if Google will end up going the same route as Philips. I'm from the home-town of Philips, the company that became big selling light-bulbs but then exp

I wonder if Google will end up going the same route as Philips. I'm from the home-town of Philips, the company that became big selling light-bulbs but then expanded into a myriad of great technical innovations. We were always joking however about how they were able to make the greatest products, but were never able to sell them. There are so many examples of absolutely great products/innovations which were eventually canned or, if they weren't IP protected, were successfully released to market several years later by a competitor. I really hope Google doesn't fall into this trap, because the even the greatest still need to be sold...