It just seems like they wasted their lead, margin and talent.
Bell Labs produced a lot of interesting stuff with their monopoly profits.
Apple R&D seems to come up with lots of interesting new product lines.
GOOG bought Nest and managed to become an also-ran in home automation.
GOOG other bets might produce something with Waymo, but when.. all this autonomous car stuff is continuously 5 more years, every year. That's about the closest they've come so far, no?
Bell Labs produced a lot of interesting stuff with their monopoly profits. Apple R&D seems to come up with lots of interesting new product lines.
GOOG bought Nest and managed to become an also-ran in home automation.
GOOG other bets might produce something with Waymo, but when.. all this autonomous car stuff is continuously 5 more years, every year. That's about the closest they've come so far, no?