I am fully convinced that there is a method to their madness. But I
also believe that it would take an astute insider in Silicon Valley to
fully suss out what that is. I'm sure there will be a "tell all" book
about this Google Era. My last visit to Google was about 4 years ago
(early Google Earth) and they were (for better and worse) *all over the
place*.
I too am frustrated that their "ecology" is so loosely
defined/coordinated. Things work way better than one might wish but
they obviously are willing to leave a lot of ragged edges in favor of
lots of new services/apps/ideas.
They are going to continue down that very same road which has taken
them to all those multi billions of dollars which they keep stuffing
into their overflowing coffers. Why kill the goose that keeps laying
all of those delicious golden eggs?
And that is? Can you describe "that very same road"? I'm serious.
As far as I can see its near-random.
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