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Agree. Inbox is an OK product but nowhere close to expectation. It's a product of mixing ideas, not a product of revealing essence. Daniel Eran Dilger, the app

Agree. Inbox is an OK product but nowhere close to expectation. It's a product of mixing ideas, not a product of revealing essence. Daniel Eran Dilger, the apple fanboy had a brilliant observation on John Sculley's Apple: "In general, Sculley's Apple consistently produced ambitious but unrealistic technology plans that attempted to over-achieve at a price that failed to capture a sustainable segment of the market. " (http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/7C942A13-E006-4EBB-A4F9-C92798A4BF8F.html http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/7C942A13-E006-4EBB-A4...) Yes, I think Larry Page is another John Sculley. Edit: Actually I think GoogleX projects are fine, b/c they are in fact PR projects: couple of billions here and there to maintain a hi-tech myth. Money well spent! The problem is the products like realtime search, Buzz and G+. They are ill designed, poor planed, poor executed and have 0 substance.

minthd 12y ago
Yes i agree Google-X plans are ambitious.It's really hard to tell how unrealistic are they, but they did achieve some pretty brilliant results(self driving car driving 700K miles, Google loon progress[1]), And as for price, Google do seem to be mindful of prices. As examples: their self driving car, used as a taxi would be very affordable,Google loon is aimed at the 3rd world(so they surely planed for costs),Their glucose lens don't seem expensive(electronics are usually cheap) - but surely sell for a good price. [1]http://www.quora.com/How-is-Project-Loon-doing http://www.quora.com/How-is-Project-Loon-doing
minthd 12y ago
>> I think GoogleX projects are fine, b/c they are in fact PR projects Two much collaboration with serious companies for that to be true. Unless you're saying everybody invests time and money in such PR efforts.
- corin_ 12y ago
  "PR project" is subjective and doesn't need to be the same for all parties involved.
- crazychrome 12y ago
  "Collaboration" means nothing in the business world. How many serious partners did Apple have when developing Copland, Taligent?

minthd 12y ago

Yes i agree Google-X plans are ambitious.It's really hard to tell how unrealistic are they, but they did achieve some pretty brilliant results(self driving car driving 700K miles, Google loon progress[1]), And as for price, Google do seem to be mindful of prices. As examples: their self driving car, used as a taxi would be very affordable,Google loon is aimed at the 3rd world(so they surely planed for costs),Their glucose lens don't seem expensive(electronics are usually cheap) - but surely sell for a good price. [1]http://www.quora.com/How-is-Project-Loon-doing http://www.quora.com/How-is-Project-Loon-doing

minthd 12y ago

>> I think GoogleX projects are fine, b/c they are in fact PR projects Two much collaboration with serious companies for that to be true. Unless you're saying everybody invests time and money in such PR efforts.

corin_ 12y ago
"PR project" is subjective and doesn't need to be the same for all parties involved.
crazychrome 12y ago
"Collaboration" means nothing in the business world. How many serious partners did Apple have when developing Copland, Taligent?