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Google CEO: We Won’t Repeat the Mistakes of Microsoft

• jacquesm 17y ago
  I can hear Caesar speak: We will not make the mistakes of the Greeks. But there are so many other mistakes that you can make. I'm sure Bill Gates never planned to make the same mistakes that IBM made. So he didn't, but he found some original ones. 'This too shall pass' applies to google as much as it applies to microsoft. It's hubris to think that you can go the distance simply by avoiding the mistakes of your competitor.
  • michaelcampbell 17y ago
    Good points, all, but that's not really what he said. And by the tone of his talk, I don't think HE thinks they can "go the distance" by just doing avoiding past mistakes. Then again, I could have mis-heard. But I did actually listen to it. =)
    • jacquesm 17y ago
      Google is making plenty of mistakes as we are writing this, and I think most of those have a pretty good history of being 'past mistakes', including, but not limited to not listening to your customers, crappy support and changing your 'winning formula' to try to make a few bucks. Coupled with a total lack of transparency I think they are well underway stringing out the rope that will eventually hang them, or that will give a competitor a leg up. Since the other giants don't seem to be too busy with really trumping them I think the final challenger will be one that right now is maybe on a drawing board somewhere, but not an established entity. And google is geared very well to dealing with the existing competition, but does not seem to do well with 'upstarts'. If the youtube vs google video contest was a sample of how things will play out then they will have their work cut out for them. One thing is for sure, it will be interesting to watch.
      • DenisM 17y ago
        Excellent observations.