[German] Google buys the German Groupon competitor DailyDeal

Re:[German] Google buys the German Groupon competitor DailyDeal by Loic on Monday September 19, 2011 @07:40AM (#3013132)

Look at the BMW, Porsche, Mercedes from the first one to the current one. Germans are incredibly good at refining and improving on top of a good idea. They do that with extremely rigorous scientific approach. So, the copycat is often better than the original, because they took the good idea and pushed it ahead.

This is what I understood from the German culture after living there the past 6 years.

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Re:[German] Google buys the German Groupon competitor DailyDeal by mhd on Monday September 19, 2011 @09:48AM (#3013512)

This analogy isn't exactly the best, considering that Germans came up with a lot of the automotive innovations in the first place… I'd be careful with quick cultural assumptions (Germans this, Japanese that etc.), a lot more often you'll have to follow the money, i.e. investment, banking system, etc.

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