Loon and Wing graduate from Google/Alphabet X

Re:Loon and Wing graduate from Google/Alphabet X by VikingCoder on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @09:25PM (#17511549)

> Research doesn't pay as much as companies seems to think.

Some companies are constantly researching ways to improve their products. Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple come to mind.

Some companies are constantly researching for new ways to find their resources. Every oil company comes to mind.

I think your claim is way, way off.

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Re:Loon and Wing graduate from Google/Alphabet X by 1996 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @11:28PM (#17511970)

By "research", I meant it in the context of this discussion : "internal incubator" style R&D to try to spawn a brand new line of products totally outside of the current business line.

Ex: tablets for Microsoft in 1994. Google driving cars.

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Re:Loon and Wing graduate from Google/Alphabet X by VikingCoder on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:36PM (#17516265)

Android, Chrome, Maps, YouTube, GMail...

The "current business line" of Google was Search. Full stop.

Some people thought it was absurd when Google started doing email, or smartphone OSs, or browsers...

I could go on and on.

Microsoft doing gaming consoles. Amazon doing web services rather than online storefront...

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