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You would never seen something like "Labs" from Apple, and everyone applauds them for "focus".
Hardware requires focus. Software requires experimentation.
I can still access all code labs http://code.google.com/labs/
Context: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-wood-behind-fewe...
I get the feeling that the bean counters are taking over Google and slashing off everything that doesn't have obvious monetization potential. I mean, I know great people who work there, but overall it seems like they're turning into Microsoft circa 2000 - they own the industry, they buy startups and kill the products made by about half of them. Some of their products are great, but a lot of it is just an obvious mono…
Yeah, I always thought Labs was a part of Google's identity. What next, no doodles because it's a waste of time? :-(
I get the feeling that the bean counters are taking over Google and slashing off everything that doesn't have obvious monetization potential. I mean, I know great people who work there, but overall it seems like they're turning into Microsoft circa 2000 - they own the industry, they buy startups and kill the products made by about half of them. Some of their products are great, but a lot of it is just an obvious mono…
Yeah, I always thought Labs was a part of Google's identity. What next, no doodles because it's a waste of time? :-(
Doodles have become a strong reason for Google search to be used in their homepage. ("Locking in a category of users").
Btw, Orkut may be the next.
I get the feeling that the bean counters are taking over Google and slashing off everything that doesn't have obvious monetization potential. I mean, I know great people who work there, but overall it seems like they're turning into Microsoft circa 2000 - they own the industry, they buy startups and kill the products made by about half of them. Some of their products are great, but a lot of it is just an obvious mono…
Yeah, I always thought Labs was a part of Google's identity. What next, no doodles because it's a waste of time? :-(
What did Labs do successfully?
If they kill "20% time" next then we know their best days are over.