It wasn't iteration. They threw away code and started from scratch. Things you should never do [1]. Several months ago Google releases totally new version of G

It wasn't iteration. They threw away code and started from scratch. Things you should never do [1]. Several months ago Google releases totally new version of Google Maps. Google Maps consistently stays as a poor product since then. I think that even first version of Google maps (introduced in 2005) was better. [1] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html When you throw away code and start from scratch, you are throwing away all that knowledge. All those collected bug fixes. Years of programming work.