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Agree, but think on this...

gnesterenko 11th Nov 2009

"It seems Google has delusions of grandeur and thinks that they can do X better than anybody else, instead of taking Y and making it more like their vision of X."

Lets replace X with some of the things that Google has done and see what happens to that statement.

1. Search. Yep, did it better then anyone else.

2. eMail. Arguable, but IMO and of many others, best internet web-mail service. And IMO, the only reason its not as widely used as Google search is that the switching costs (headaches) of moving from an e-mail address you've used for 10 years to a new one is just too much for many people. At this point, I wouldn't switch off gMail even if something better comes along - too much headaches.

3. Cloud computing - jury still out on that one, but there was no product Y to take and change to be more like product X - everyone starting from scratch here.

4. Browser - hailed as the best, but still infantile. Last barrier is plug-ins and Chrome will finally be better then Firefox.

5. Mobile OS. Windows Mo 6.5 is no comparison (a joke). the iPhone in general is a joke (mainly thanks to AT&T, but also Apple). Only serious contender here are the Blackberry phones. So can't call it best, but it is very very nice. Remains to see how it matures. Its too bad Verizon is going to kill the Driod with all the hidden fees associated with it.

6. Chrome OS. Can't comment on this one as its still in vapor-ware mode. We'll see.

7. GPS navigation - for years I've hoped and prayed that Google would partner with some GPS manufacturer (I'd prefer Pioneer, but any would do) and give us a GPS navigator product based off Google maps so we can forever get rid of the clunky, horrible mapping tech that the GPS makers use. Its not surprising - their specialty is the hardware, but the content was always deemed 'good enough'. Well its not. Google maps are amazing and now that they are getting ported to mobile devices, a GPS device is sure to follow.

So by my count thats 5 or 6 out of 7 values of X for which Google DID do better then anybody else. That's a pretty good track record in my book. Perhaps you aren't giving this language the full benefit of a doubt?

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