On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, stevep <[email protected]> wrote: > > A good while ago, I worked for HP.
This. Google has been around for a little over 20 years, and most of the employees for only a tiny fraction of that. The company is barely adolescent. In my short years on this planet I've watched Microsoft and IBM go from hero/villan to villan/hero and back again. I've watched Oracle go from worshipped to despised (for good reason). Google has a great trajectory. But let's not claim to know a-priori what another 20 years will bring. Long-term thinking gets sacrificed on the altar of short-term survival by struggling companies *all the time*. Also: We're already seeing some cracks. Google has totally screwed up pricing for the Maps API, to the point many developers (including Foursqure, Wikipedia, and myself) have replaced it with cheaper (often free) OSM-based solutions. Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
