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online payments ---- google wallet cloud services ---- google cloud platform mobile apps ---- google play mobile OS ---- android maps and nav ---- google maps physical retail ---- ? no google product shopping deals ---- google offers cloud storage ---- google drive instant messaging ---- google hangouts car service ---- uber (via google ventures) c2c ecommerce ---- ? no google product travel booking ---- google fligh…
online payments ---- google wallet cloud services ---- google cloud platform mobile apps ---- google play mobile OS ---- android maps and nav ---- google maps physical retail ---- ? no google product shopping deals ---- google offers cloud storage ---- google drive instant messaging ---- google hangouts car service ---- uber (via google ventures) c2c ecommerce ---- ? no google product travel booking ---- google fligh…
I love this article. Despite the multitudes of news sources telling us about how commerce is now global and business is no longer tied to a place and the internet is changing the world, there is still an ocean of enterprises of which we US-based-or-english-speaking technologists are ignorant. Take a moment to think about this: Alibaba is a huge company, growing in an absolutely enormous market, providing a pile of se…
online payments ---- google wallet cloud services ---- google cloud platform mobile apps ---- google play mobile OS ---- android maps and nav ---- google maps physical retail ---- ? no google product shopping deals ---- google offers cloud storage ---- google drive instant messaging ---- google hangouts car service ---- uber (via google ventures) c2c ecommerce ---- ? no google product travel booking ---- google fligh…
This is not to say that Alibaba is not an incredible company, just that this is an incomplete comparison.
I love this article. Despite the multitudes of news sources telling us about how commerce is now global and business is no longer tied to a place and the internet is changing the world, there is still an ocean of enterprises of which we US-based-or-english-speaking technologists are ignorant. Take a moment to think about this: Alibaba is a huge company, growing in an absolutely enormous market, providing a pile of se…
In fact, there's no guarantee this US expansion is going to work either.
I'd also observe that people would often interpret a Silicon Valley company trying to build a solution for some other culture as arrogant, parochial, or both, so there's really no winning here.
I love this article. Despite the multitudes of news sources telling us about how commerce is now global and business is no longer tied to a place and the internet is changing the world, there is still an ocean of enterprises of which we US-based-or-english-speaking technologists are ignorant. Take a moment to think about this: Alibaba is a huge company, growing in an absolutely enormous market, providing a pile of se…
I disagree with your characterization of the way US-based 'technologists' view the world. In my experience, almost every single technologist I've come into contact with is much much more well versed in what's going on globally.
Also, I have to take issue with your exaggeration here. You're making a generalization. I know about Alibaba, of course. Most people I know also know about Alibaba. So don't say we "know nothing about it." This article was posted and voted to the top of the list on an English based website where the majority of the visitors are working in Western countries.
Your comment seems to make some assumptions that I don't understand. When you say "Who will serve them? These are people just like us, they have needs and desires much like ours." Who is saying anything different? You seem angry with a group of people but it's generally not technologists that have the viewpoint you're addressing.
As someone who wasn't born in this country and has found nothing but respect and openness from my technical colleagues, I have to say I'm pretty confused as to what you're referring to. It's certainly not the majority of North American/European technologists I've talked to.
Pity its not Alibaba that is for sale in the "IPO" then, just a Cayman Islands company which holds a "profit participation" right which may or may not be legal in China. The article also points out that much of Alibaba is not actually owned by the company but by Jack Ma personally, so no participation in that.