Microsoft on Google: They lack a product roadmap

Tom Rizzo, Microsoft’s senior director of online services:

Google releases experimental products and tracks adoption to determine whether to continue providing them. Its products are like spaghetti, Google throws them up against the wall to see if they stick.

He goes on to talk about the recent termination of Google Labs:

The recent killing of Google Labs is ironic to me. Google releases experimental products and tracks adoption to determine whether to continue providing them. Its products are like spaghetti, Google throws them up against the wall to see if they stick.