[gadders]

Yes, I don't disagree. Microsoft did seem to be going the way of IBM.

But yeah, Google had no long term strategy, or ever gave any impression of a road map.

[DanielHB]

It is funny how it is easier for google to acquire companies than do strategy in-house. Like they buy Youtube and Android and then pump them with resources instead of trying to do in-house.

If they had bought a video-call company instead of doing inhouse with google meet they would probably have monopoly on that too.