[Mark222]

>But it's great for the employees and it's great for innovation.

In which way is Google innovative? They have good products for sure, but I haven't seen much innovation at Google since a while. If anything the past few years have been mostly disappointing (Loon, Calico, Fiber, etc)

[cpitman]

Kubernetes, which is basically supplanting how companies deploy, run, and manage software both on-prem and the cloud.

[username90]

Surveyed business leaders ranks Google as the most innovative company in the world, innovation is not just about new products

https://www.bcg.com/en-ch/publications/2019/most-innovative-...

[wpietri]

That's a measure of reputation, not innovation. Nobody denies that they have a reputation for innovation, but reputations are by necessity backwards-looking.