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Basically he says Google innovates better: not because it has lots of engineers, but because it allows (encourages) them to innovate without worrying about comp
by CalmQuiet 17y ago
Basically he says Google innovates better: not because it has lots of engineers, but because it allows (encourages) them to innovate without worrying about competing with existing inhouse software:
“There's a very good reason that Google innovated Wave, and not, for example, IBM. Google has no incumbent enterprise products to which it must pay obeisance."
And, yes, MS, Oracle, IBM do have legacy enterprise software market share to protect.
- stcredzero 17y agoThere's a very good reason that Google innovated Wave...Google has no incumbent enterprise products to which it must pay obeisance. Non-software companies should heed the lesson: No obeisance to software. Big companies should have protocols and standards, which can act as a backplane for multiple applications. Competition will yield better applications.