[ Thanks to Linux User &
Developer magazine for this link. ]
“What I wonder, though, is where all of Google’s good ideas lie
these days. Because the firm itself has a problem, and there’s
little getting away from it. And it’s quite simply how big and
dominant it has grown. No longer can Google sneak out a product
like it might have done in the old days. Instead, the Google stamp
brings with it a degree of scrutiny that must work as a
double-edged sword.“Take Google+, its latest foray into social networking, which
has something of a Microsoft feel about it. By that I mean it took
an existing market that was popular and has tried to crack it.
Microsoft attempted this with games consoles and succeeded. It
tried it with Zune and it failed. Google? It’s surprisingly failed
to really crack social networking, having acquired YouTube and
watched the likes of Google Buzz and Google Wave fail to take hold
in any meaningful way.”