Is Google Spreading Itself Too Thin?Is Google Spreading Itself Too Thin?

Reading the recent news out of Google, I can't help thinking about Netscape. Like Google, Netscape had a dazzling entry into the world of business. At that time, Web browsers were still a new thing; there were literally two dozen commonly available, none of them with decisive market dominance. And none of them presented <i>any</i> significant competition to the Netscape browser, which was decisively smaller, faster and lighter.