I'd argue that Google's way of searching was/is sufficiently different to the competition (Alta Vista anyone) to be considered some kind of shift.
If you're going to say that Google didn't revolutionise search because they didn't invent it, then arguably there's been nothing revolutionised for hundreds of years (which I think we both agree is false). It may be just that we disagree on the degree of change required to call something a 'paradigm shift', but I'd argue that Google Search, and the concept of giving people "gigabytes" of "free" storage for Gmail were both game changers that propelled those two products from challengers to dominance. Cheers Ken From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 3:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Color me skeptical >> They hit paydirt with "search, don't sort" and "sell user data/advertising >> to others, not services to users". But that wasn't a paradigm shift. They didn't invent search, and they didn't invent selling advertising, and they didn't invent the freemium concept or the concept where the user is the product. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
