ZDNet Identifies Google’s Fatal Flaw
November 14, 2008
Sure, the stock is at 2005 levels. The company took it on the snoot with the Yahoo deal, the possible loss of the Verizon account, and grousing about employee options that are underwater. Dana Blankenhorn’s “Google Fatal Flaw Revealed” takes a view of Google that I have not previously considered. As a result, here ZDNet article is a must read. I don’t want to spoil the “fatal flaw” for you. Click here and you will see the “fatal flaw” revealed in the first subhead. In my two Google books, whose titles will not retype today, I identified a number of Google vulnerabilities. I admit. I did not hit upon the weakness Dana Blankenhorn’s researched unearthed. For me, aside from the fatal flaw, the most interesting comment in the article was:
Yet whether I’m covering the efforts at Chrome, at Android, or at Google Health, what I see are Google employees working on a Google Island, depending only on fellow Googlers and Google-made code in their efforts.
The idea is that Google is an island. I know that the company buys technology. The purchase of Transformic, Inc. is an example. Most people don’t recognize the name of this acquisition. Google doesn’t talk about some of its more interesting activities. My own research about Google suggests that when it buys a company, it gets new people. In the case of Transformic, the gurus running that shop attracted more fresh talent to Google. As a result, Google has a number of engineers and scientists who are steeped in the type of systems for which Transformic was developing. As a result, I think that Google may be operating as an island, but it is an island with regular shuttle service to the mainland, abundant bandwidth, and very dynamic presence at certain technology venues. See if you agree with the ZDNet article and share your comments.
Stephen Arnold, November 14, 2008
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[…] ZDNet Identifies Google’s Fatal FlawDana Blankenhorn’s “Google Fatal Flaw Revealed” takes a view of Google that I have not previously considered. As a result, here ZDNet article is a must read. I don’t want to spoil the “fatal flaw” for you. Click here and you will see . […]