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by axg11 1614 days ago
How can you honestly say the "let a thousand flowers bloom" approach failed? Google scraps a lot of products, but they still have many great products: Gmail/GSuite, Android, YouTube, GCP, Nest...

Each of those is a successful tech company in their own right.
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netcan 1614 days ago
>>Each of those is a successful tech company in their own right.

I disagree. None are another revenue stream. Android/YouTube/etc pull a low of weight for the AdWords business but (a) those were acquisitions and (b) they don't have a business model "in their own right."

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JofArnold 1614 days ago
~Gmail: acquisition~ EDIT: nope, I remembered wrong; PB did it while at Google.

GSuite: a product of several acquisitions

Android: acquisition

YouTube: acquisition

Nest: acquisition

Sure, they may have improved them. But definitely not spawned from blooming flowers.

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sundarurfriend 1614 days ago
> Gmail: acquisition

Wasn't Gmail someone's 20%-time project, within Google?

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JofArnold 1614 days ago
You're right! PB! I'll correct
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