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I just interpret "experiment and learn" as something that would stay small scale forever, like an academic experiment or a playground for their developers. How
by logn 12y ago
I just interpret "experiment and learn" as something that would stay small scale forever, like an academic experiment or a playground for their developers.
However they're continually expanding to new cities and doing Fiber for actual business value. Yes it's a slow rollout but I think "experiment and learn" is an understatement, similar to this wireless announcement.
FYI, source of Fiber announcement, 2010: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-ou...
- piyush_soni 12y agoI'm not sure. I always "experiment and learn" to grow big. I don't know of anyone who does that to "stay small and keep experimenting".
- jlebar 12y agoFWIW Haskell's unofficial motto is "avoid success at all costs" -- IOW, "stay small and keep experimenting".
- piyush_soni 12y agoMay be that's why they're not Google?