It really seems to me that Google is failing to understand social media the same way Microsoft failed to understand the internet back in the '90s. So the question always is: what will Facebook fail to understand?
"The Internet is hot. Let's wire a web browser deeply into our operating system and office suite people won't know if they're accessing trusted local data or untrusted internet data. What could possibly go wrong?"
"Social media is hot. Let's wire social deeply into our successful search engine, web apps, and operating system. What could possibly go wrong?"
It reminds me of the first part of the 20th century (well I'm not really that old :-) where every kind of business reacted to the disruptive change of the automobile by simply bolting on drive-through windows. It fundamentally misses the point and will seem silly in the long run.
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It really seems to me that Google is failing to understand social media the same way Microsoft failed to understand the internet back in the '90s. So the question always is: what will Facebook fail to understand?
"The Internet is hot. Let's wire a web browser deeply into our operating system and office suite people won't know if they're accessing trusted local data or untrusted internet data. What could possibly go wrong?"
"Social media is hot. Let's wire social deeply into our successful search engine, web apps, and operating system. What could possibly go wrong?"
It reminds me of the first part of the 20th century (well I'm not really that old :-) where every kind of business reacted to the disruptive change of the automobile by simply bolting on drive-through windows. It fundamentally misses the point and will seem silly in the long run.