And I think this is the problem. They have all the necessary pieces and are not yet very successful at stitching them together. Google has a very strong foundat

And I think this is the problem. They have all the necessary pieces and are not yet very successful at stitching them together. Google has a very strong foundation and execution skills but failed to effectively govern it. Not sure if this is "vision" or "management" or whatever, it feels like that they're just self shackling in every single possible direction. There are something like 50 different teams involved at a major launch and they make some process/infra requirement/review/integration or whatever, from good will. Imagine how much time, effort and compromises you would need to appease all of them. I think the recent memo from Sergey shows that the leadership finally acknowledges this problem at heart. But solving it is a different story of course. But a long time disconnection between IC, managements and leadership has been the culprit of this problem and at least some awareness might not hurt.