[tobtoh]

I found this paragraph to be insightful: "When Jobs took the stage to unveil something, people got excited not just because he was a great showman but because it instilled an underlying belief that what he was going to unveil would be great. You know that whatever it was, he signed off on it. And the vast majority of the time, it was great. That built trust. Faith."

I have to agree - whilst Apple had it's stumbles from time to time, on the balance of things, they consistently released good products. You always got the feeling that there was attention to detail and care was put into whatever Apple sold.

Google on the other hand - particular in the last few months has really stumbled. To me, they are coming across as sloppy and with poor product management. I don't really have confidence that their products will work reliably or consistently unless it's been in production for years.

Slapping the 'beta' tag on their products used to feel exciting that Google was rushing new developments out the door to us, but lately it's feeling more like it's an excuse for covering up sloppy work habits.

[megablast]

As a fan of Apple, I see people seeming to forget the antenna issue from the iPhone 4, and the current battery issue with the iphone 4s. The final cut issue of a few months ago, and many, many other missteps. All big companies make mistakes, and i think this entry is singling out Google for some strange reason.

[iaskwhy]

I immediately thought about the first (?) releases Apple did for Windows: iTunes and Safari. Both were really bad but I have never seen software as buggy as that one new release of Safari that would crash if you clicked on any button.

It's basically a matter of how many good releases you do against the bad ones. Google is in bad shape right now but that changes quickly with a good release in the near future. (I'd say the new Gmail theme is a good release.)

[gbog]

"this entry is singling out Google for some strange reason"

Nothing strange, it is the normal dumbing effect of Apple fanboyism: one become blind to anything else.

[nchuhoai]

Move fast, break things. I dont mind it. That's what start ups do. I'm glad that after being a company of that size, sergey and larry still try to operate like a startup

[j_baker]

Just because things are breaking doesn't mean google is moving fast and operating like a startup. Big companies that move slowly can also break things. Case in point: Microsoft.

[nchuhoai]

I'm not saying they are but I think they are trying more than say Microsoft.

btw, so random to meet you here jason, its me nam. how have y ou been?