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    Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
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    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    This is some VW-grade news, Owen where are you dude?
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    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    As the guy who invented the strawberry and let it slip into the public domain (who ever thought a clump of red seeds would take off), I'm not so sure I'd want to just give away any new idea I had.


    For example, my first thought was to suggest Google develop an automated process to enable end users to search for specific unknown sites using no more than keywords and phrases, kind of like a universal search routine for the web. I mean, if anyone could do it, Google could. But then I figured... am I about the make the same mistake twice? Besides, anyone with enough motivation can just use Archie and pretty much find anything they want.

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    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    I wish the people who created the software that I use all day would have at some point accepted input from users instead of just the software engineers who created it.
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    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    I've said it for years: portable wearable air conditioner. Make one and get rich.


    Oh, btw, for shame google, for shame.

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    01/02/09

    @Pixlmonkey: I recall Sharper Image made something along those lines...
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    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    Big hairy deal. Apple and Microsoft (among others) saves money by having paying customers work out the kinks in rev1 hardware.


    It's good to see Google following industry practices.

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