[gorbachev]

The Big Tech companies all seem to follow the same pattern. They create a killer product, become successful and print money for a while, and at some point they all make the same decision...they all start creating the same suite of products: mail, instant messaging, video hosting (long-form and short-form), video conferencing, search, etc.

I guess I kind of understand the motivation, but it seems so wasteful.

And if their founders become multi-billionaires, they all also start a space rocket company.

[gardenhedge]

We've all benefited though - we've gotten awesome free email and maps