Indeed, Google's top chef, Charlie Ayers, spoke to the assembled investors and analysts at length about the lunch he had prepared for them, featuring entrees like grilled pork tenderloin.
The Financial Times report on the analysts' conclave addressed criticisms that many of Google's products were still in beta.
Tim Page, Google's other co-founder, said that this was a sound approach for the company.
"It's part of our branding strategy, that we underpromise and overdeliver and being in beta is part of that," he said. "You don't expect it to be perfect. For our engineers, it's in beta if you'd be proud to show it to your mom once you have made one or two major changes."
That's the best definition of beta I've ever come across.
The company reported net sales of $654 million in the fourth quarter, more than double those of a year earlier; net profits for the quarter were a record $204 million.
You GO Google!
Article comments
1 - Carpe Bonum
Nice roundup of the WSJ article, concise and informative. I've been a fan of Google for a long time. Currently I use their search engine, Gmail, Desktop Search and Google Alerts.
The vast majority of Google services are devoid of political implications, but some bloggers are concerned the selection of sources for Google News may have a leftward slant. It'll be interesting to see what comes of that concern.
Thanks for the post.