Comment Lost sight of original philosophy (Score 1) 466
I'm in the middle of reading "The Google Story" which, for me at least, provides some interesting insight into the origins of this "Do No Evil" company. What stood out for me was their philosophy of developing great ideas first and monetizing them second.
The irony is that the trends that are emerging in press articles: the AOL purchase, special ads and graphics in ads are pure commercialism: They are not about the user, or about innovation. They are about the dollars, plain and simpl.
This coming in the wake of recent "doomsday" articles about growth in server power consumption makes me think that perhaps innovation is dead at Google: Maybe they are beginning to think that they can no longer beat their competitors (MS? Yahoo?) by out-innovating them, and are now simply collecting the cash on the lead they still have.
I hope not, I'm just saying, is all...
The irony is that the trends that are emerging in press articles: the AOL purchase, special ads and graphics in ads are pure commercialism: They are not about the user, or about innovation. They are about the dollars, plain and simpl.
This coming in the wake of recent "doomsday" articles about growth in server power consumption makes me think that perhaps innovation is dead at Google: Maybe they are beginning to think that they can no longer beat their competitors (MS? Yahoo?) by out-innovating them, and are now simply collecting the cash on the lead they still have.
I hope not, I'm just saying, is all...
