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ajrossyesterday at 6:34 PM1 replyview on HN

> But it isn't like [Google] are that much more successful at software projects than any other company?

I re-read this several times trying to figure out where the irony was hidden. But... it's not there?


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taericyesterday at 6:51 PM

Do they have more success in software products than other companies, though? Most of the software many of us know from them, were acquisitions. They still do heavy acquisitions. Notable that they have double the acquisitions of Amazon. They are on par with IBM. A colossal amount of money spent to make things happen.

So, again, are they that much more successful at software than other companies? They have more hilarious flops than any other company.

Don't get me wrong. I still use some of the stuff. I don't hate them. I don't even think they are particularly bad at things. I just don't think they are any more successful than other software companies. Specifically at the software side of it.

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