The thing is, they rigorously weed out non-working ideas and use the time and energy saved to apply extra polish to the working ones.
The result is products that are just about as close to perfect as it is possible to be in an imperfect world.
I see nothing like this sort of selection pressure going on at Google; accordingly, shoddy architectures like Android not only make the cut, but go on to be Really Big Things if they're good enough to accumulate network effects. Kinda like Windows and Office.
The thing is, they rigorously weed out non-working ideas and use the time and energy saved to apply extra polish to the working ones.
The result is products that are just about as close to perfect as it is possible to be in an imperfect world.
I see nothing like this sort of selection pressure going on at Google; accordingly, shoddy architectures like Android not only make the cut, but go on to be Really Big Things if they're good enough to accumulate network effects. Kinda like Windows and Office.