On 11/22/2010 06:15 AM, Steven Herod wrote:
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/11/did_google_train_its_own_enemi.html
I've read some similar articles in the past days. Well, I don't know:
it's fun to read articles where Google is a business genius and at the
same time others where Google is a moron (this is very different from
the debate "friend of the humanity" vs "big brother", since the latter
is about intentions, thus speculation, while smartness in business
should be easier to spot).
My point is with that iPhone reference: Google must pay Apple for having
Google in the iPhone. Without Android, we'd probably have 90% of
smartphones made by Apple, thus Google should pay for 90% of the
smartphones. With Android, Apple will be confined to - say - 30%. Thus
Google will be forced to pay a third of the previous amount. Of the
remanining 70% of phones some will ship with other search engines, ok,
but not all of them; if 50% of the smartphones still ship with Google as
search engine, it's a win. My numbers are just an example to get the
point. Let's not forget that the beef is also with other services, such
as ads, and not only for the search engine.
China is most likely to be the biggest problem since Google has to face
with a market + a government.
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