1. This
letter
comes
from
India
1995;
after
my
class
10th,
I
spent
most
my
vacation
in
government
libraries
reading
novels
&
magazines;
I
used
to
meet
lot
of
college
graduates
and
professors
struggling
to
find
relevant
books
for
their
research
studies.
It
was
the
same
time
when
you
guys
where
struggling
hard,
somewhere
in
Stanford
campus
to
change
the
world.
Google
-­‐
Information
on
a
single
click.
Google
is
One
of
the
biggest
revolutions
that
world
had
ever
seen.
The
kind
of
change
that
you
had
brought
in
is
inimitable
and
irreplaceable.
I
still
remember,
when
I
spoke
to
my
dad
on
“There
is
something
called
Google,
that
would
find
anything
for
you”
his
response
was
“WoW”
Years
passed
on
and
success
came
your
way
through
efforts.
15
Years
and
$
23
Billion
Revenue,
no
other
company
in
the
planet
had
ever
done
this.
This
is
your
glorious
past
Along
with
your
growing
success,
you
have
also
started
to
lose
your
uniqueness
with
ever
increasing
competition.
Most
of
the
Silicon
Valley
entrepreneur’s
wanted
to
create
a
company
like
Google,
That
Inspiring.
But
saddest
part
is
google
is
scared
of
competition.
Unbelievable
but
its
true
Is
google
losing
its
focus?
Here
is
a
Quick
&
deep
dive
in
to
Google’s
Portfolio,
that’s
turning
out
to
be
a
bunch
of
mediocrity
products.

2. Google
Wave:
First
thing
first.
One
of
the
most
hyped
online
product
of
this
decade.
Wave
was
backed
by
rich
technology,
character
–
by-­‐
character
typing,
ability
to
drag
&
drop
files
from
desktop
and
extremely
unseen
features.
I
still
remember
people
were
going
crazy
to
get
a
Wave
invite.
With
all
good
things
in
a
box,
wave
still
bombed.
Google
never
had
an
idea
of
what
to
do
with
Wave.
The
vision
was
unclear.
Even
now
they
haven’t
defined,
what
exactly
is
Google
Wave?
Is
it
a
Project
Management
tool,
is
it
an
Online
Chat
Corner,
and
is
it
a
Social
Networking
site.
No
one
knows
even
google
doesn’t
know.
That
is
simpler
Google
Buzz:
The
name
was
ripped
from
Yahoo
Buzz
and
functionality
was
ripped
from
Facebook.
One
of
the
biggest
mistakes
google
did
with
buzz
was
they
integrated
it
with
Gmail.
So
its
very
clear
the
user
base
will
be
restricted
only
to
170
Million
Gmail
users
and
google
still
wanted
to
challenge
Facebook
in
the
social
space.
Jaiku:
Hardly
people
might
have
heard
about
this,
Google
acquired
Jaiku
during
late
2007,
looking
at
twitters
popularity.
Jaiku
was
supposed
to
be
Google’s
version
of
Twitter.
Sad
that
it
is
dead,
even
before
people
came
to
know
there
existed
something
called
Jaiku
Blogger:
Good
that
Evan
Williams
did
not
sell
over
Twitter
to
Google.
One
big
problem
with
google
is
they
don’t
upgrade
or
develop
the
product
after
their
acquisition.
Blogger
was
supposed
to
be
the
simplest
blogging
platform
around
the
web.
Google
choose
to
enjoy
that
comfort
zone
with
out
any
upgrades
for
years.
By
the
time
Wordpress,
Tumblr
and
Posterous
ate
the
major
share
of
blogger
Note:
I
recently
got
shifted
to
Wordpress
from
blogger
Orkut:
Google
said
you
can
upload
videos
and
Photos
in
Orkut,
rather
Facebook
said
we
bring
people
together.
Facebook
showed
a
much
larger
scope
and
proved
it
over
the
years.
Google’s
repeated
attempt
to
captivate
the
social
web
had
become
a
big
disaster.
Once
the
unique
thinker
is
now
keener
on
acquisitions.
Every
week
google
acquires
a
company.
Google
is
the
only
company
in
the
History
of
business
to
have
acquired
70
+
companies,
not
sure
about
the
status
(Dead/
Alive)
of
most
of
the
acquired
companies.
Now
google
is
in
the
process
making
another
Facebook
killer
called
“Google
Me”,
for
which
google
had
strengthened
its
social
kit
by
acquiring
2
companies
–
Slide
&
Jambool.
It’s
too
early
to
comment
on
Google
Me,
but
not
sure
why
google
is
behind
the
social
space.
Where
are
the
developers
who
gave
us
Google
search
and
Gmail?
Where
are
the
strategists
who
acquired
Google
Docs,
Youtube
and
Android?

3. It
had
been
more
than
half
a
decade
we
saw
an
original
product
from
google.
My
only
worry
is,
Whether
Google
is
becoming
the
next
Microsoft
with
an
array
of
unimaginative
and
mediocre
products.
Larry
&
Sergey,
if
this
letter
reaches
you
via.
Facebook
or
Twitter,
kindly
Retweet
and
share
it
for
your
own
good.
Thanks
A
Google
fan
from
India