Google have released a very brief video looking at the history of the company, covering key moments (Larry & Sergey meeting at Stanford, Eric Schmidt joining Google) and key products (Backrub, Adwords, Adsense, Gmail, Maps…. et al)
A very entertaining video, but what of the ending…? The last three products mentioned are Local listings, Google Wave and the forthcoming Chrome Operating System. Interesting that both Wave & Chrome OS are forays into ‘new’ arenas – arenas where Microsoft, with its investment in Facebook and traditional dominance in operating systems, are strong.
Could it be that Google views the best form of defense as offense? As Microsoft focus on attacking Google’s search market share, could Google’s focus on Chrome, Wave & (not forgetting) Google Docs, be designed to put Microsoft at least partially on their backfoot?
