After google canceled the download option of google earth,
some of the important voices in the Search engine community .
suggested that that google earth, just like google web accelerator and google X, are either a PR stunt or resources problem. I must admit, None of these possibilities
makes google look good, however, I do hope that the resources hypothesis is true in these cases. I will always be in favor of a company that keeps on trying and sometimes
slip even when the firm is the strongest in the field. Microsoft, for example, shares the same problems. They announce their future products. They pump up the media with
small bits of information and yet, many years pass until a new product is released. Of course, until their OS really reach the market it is far from the expectations.
The long wait is not preventing bugs and security holes. Google, on the other hand, announce their product when they are almost in the market. In addition, they are not afraid to
pull them back when they are not performing well. If Microsoft would have pulled back their problematic products we probably would have still using DOS.
