Is it "ok"? Who's to say. Does it happen? Yes. Does it happen a lot, to a variety of companies? Yes. I think the interesting question is how. How does a compa

Is it "ok"? Who's to say. Does it happen? Yes. Does it happen a lot, to a variety of companies? Yes. I think the interesting question is how. How does a company perform so spectacularly in difficult areas (product development, viral marketing, etc) and yet fail at problems that are (arguably) easily solvable for anyone who takes the time to research them? I mean: these guys built a phone that is being compared to the flagship models of billion dollar companies. They're not morons. They're highly technical and highly competent. So why is building for web-scale such a LOW PRIORITY? Maybe someone with experience in this kind of business could shed some light here. I'm really curious as who what their rationale might look like internally.