Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey

Re:Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey by mrkramer on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:24PM (#34685366)

Google already has a track-record of beating Microsoft. Do you remember Windows Phone? Well Google made Android in response to Windows Phone + Bing threat not in response to iPhone.

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Re:Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey by HarHarVeryFunny on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:58PM (#34685747)

Well, Steve Ballmer wasn't exactly an innovator - just kept milking the cash cow.

Satya Nadella seems way more tuned into the zeitgeist. His heavy bet on OpenAI may seem excessive, but at worst it's going to be cheap insurance and at best may be a game changer.

I think Google's producing Android was a reaction to BOTH iPhone and Windows Phone - they didn't want to be frozen out of the mobile advertizing market by competitors that owned the platforms.

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Re:Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey by int_19h on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:14PM (#34686572)

Windows Phone launched in late 2010, long after Android. Do you mean Windows CE / Windows Mobile? But if so, those weren't really a serious threat to anyone.

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Re:Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey by mrkramer on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:17AM (#34691755)

Yeah I meant Windows Mobile/Phone.

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Re:Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey by Keyframe on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:17AM (#34689407)

..and Chrome

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Re:Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey by fsh on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @04:29AM (#34690590)

Google bought Android Inc. in 2005, 5 years before the launch of Windows Phone.

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