[makeitdouble]

> tens to hundreds of millions of dollars

That's usually not "a customer", it's either THE customer, or at least a strategic partner with which the company roadmap is discussed. I'm think bounds like Intel and Microsoft, or Apple and Foxconn.

[refulgentis]

Is the correction approach best, here? Of course at most companies that’s a ton of revenue! I can confirm at Google 10-100M yearly spend didn’t get you roadmap insight. Can’t parse second half of the comment, (bounds = boards, maybe?) but if we’re talking companies of that size, 10M-100M is almost assuredly _not_ getting you a front row seat to R&D.

[makeitdouble]

You made me realize I am too broke to properly understand the scale of "hundreds of millions". I took it as an order of magnitude higher.

You're right that mere millions won't get you that much love from Google.

[m463]

Yeah, I would imagine it goes both ways. I think McDonalds would lose money if they switched to pepsi. (I think subway recently did)