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Re:Why Amazon Has No Profits and Why It Works by jfoutz on Friday September 05, 2014 @04:00PM (#8275972)
Both Amazon and Google are very smart. Amazon seems to have a greedy algorithm with regard to new tech. I mean, Amazon seems to keep automating the least efficient thing - http://www.kivasystems.com/ for example.

Google is much more forward looking, looking for big changes, like self driving cars. I can see google taking over more markets like they did with search. "more wood behind fewer arrows" was the saying.

Amazon is much more broad, if Amazon has something, they'll rent it to you.

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Re:Why Amazon Has No Profits and Why It Works by seanmcdirmid on Friday September 05, 2014 @07:45PM (#8276883)
Agreed. Google is more likely to be the GE of the future: a lot of great technology, hands in many industries. Amazon, in contrast, is like a cross between Wal-Mart and the old AT&T (there is no good previous analogy for what they are doing, but many are doing the same...see Taobao).
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