Richard Waters

Sober in Seattle

December 2, 2006
by Richard Waters

Some realism from Microsoft engineer (and blogger) Erik Selberg about just how tough it will be to catch Google. Sample:

When I first arrived, our management had set a (standardly super aggressive) goal of having relevance that beat Google after 2 years… and when 2 years came and went… well, let’s just say the duration of achieving that goal is still under some discussion.

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