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Agreed. I think the important thing to note is that Google is the only large company whose business model depends almost completely on the success of the Inter
by symesc 17y ago
Agreed.
I think the important thing to note is that Google is the only large company whose business model depends almost completely on the success of the Internet.
This is why we see them at bat for Net Neutrality as well as efficiencies within communication protocols.
Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, HP, IBM . . . those companies make their livings in other ways.
The only company comparable to Google would be Yahoo in this way. Their inability to keep engineering talent means their contribution to The-Internet-As-Platform is not as significant.
- pavs 17y agoWhile I agree with you generally. MS, Apple, Oracle, HP, IBM or any personal computer or server related business would either not be as successful or their product as widely used if there was no internet. IE. Imagine a personal computer market with no way for computers to communicate with each other, would users be still buying computers as much as they do now or would it be just a small niche market? Even though there are several big players whose business model depends quite a bit on the internet, yet no other tech companies does as much as to improve the internet as Google does. The icing on the cake is that Google opens up and shares most of these projects to everyone for free.
- ggrot 17y agoThese other companies get more value by the internet existing and being useful. They don't get much value when people use the internet more. Google does. In a sense, google competes with other ways people spend their time, like television.
- nostrademons 17y agoUmm, Amazon? EBay? Google may be the biggest company whose success depends upon the Internet, but they're far from the only one.