I didn't think the failure rate was that high either; they must have some quality control mechanisms that kill some projects before they make it to public beta testing.
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > Race...reminds me of the ONE panel discussion i attended last year at > Dragon, the DARPA panel. They expect 90% or higher failure, but as it is > defense department and governmental spending, it is not as hard to believe > as corporate spending > > and the 1-9% of their items that are winners...are HUGE > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Race <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is my firm belief that the only way Google can get away with a >> strategy like this is their hiring practice. They are apparently >> ferociously stringent on hiring very smart people. Even the non- >> technical need to be well above-average intelligence. >> >> When you have that huge pool of high caliber of people able to work on >> what they want, its just a matter of time before diamonds start >> getting sifted from the rough. >> >> Gmail anyone? >> >> On Apr 12, 6:10 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Came across a section that I thought was pertinent to all the >> speculation on >> > Android tablets and whether or not Chrome OS will ever be employed: >> > >> > Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president for search products and user >> > experience, believes that the >> > company’s future success hinges on innovation. She encourages >> risk-taking >> > and readily acknowl- >> > edges that 60–80% of the company’s new products will fail. However, >> creating >> > an organizational >> > culture that embraces failure also helps produce the new product >> > introductions that should sustain >> > the company’s future sales growth >> > (Garrison, Ray H.. Managerial Accounting, 13th Edition. McGraw-Hill >> Higher >> > Education/CourseSmart, 02/13/2009. 520) >> > >> > So I guess to Google it's to be expected for things like Wave to utterly >> > flop. I guess Google is the true antithesis to Apple; Apple is elegant, >> all >> > products are seamlessly integrated, and control of the product line is >> about >> > as central as you can get where Google's products are utilitarian, >> hardware >> > is farmed out to any manufacturer that is interested (and software is >> freely >> > altered and adapted), and the strategy seems to be let the engineers >> roam >> > free and see what of the things they come up with stick. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
