Monday, January 9th, 2006
Thurrott on Google Pack
While virtually every computer company on earth is scared to death of Google, and virtually every PC user seems to be in love with them, Google Pack serves nicely as a reality check. Not only is Google human, buts the flaws in Google Pack suggest that this company has a long, long way to go before it can ever justify its insanely lofty stock price. Google Pack is a mixed bag of applications, some useful and some not, though virtually all are deficient in some way as packaged here. I applaud Google for trying to make the PC experience simpler and more secure, but shipping out-of-date security products is even worse than not shipping them at all, because users will get a false sense of security and believe they’re protected when in fact they are not. Google Pack is still in beta, so the more glaring issues can be fixed by a final release, if there is one. But this initial version of Google Pack is an embarrassment to the company. It’s just a mess.
Filled with links to a number of applications that surpass those offered in GPack.
January 9th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Vineet Khanna said:
Nice, objective comments on Google! Common perception is that Google can’t go wrong … but Google Pack certainly doesn’t cut it..
Best,
Vineet
January 9th, 2006 at 9:59 pm
Bryan H. said:
There is also the fact most everything Google has done except for Google itself seems to be in a perpetual state of “beta” somehow leaving us with piles of software that they can simply cut lose or shirk the responsibility for finessing with the words “Its only a beta”.
January 11th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
gonad said:
That’s the point of it being beta… if you don’t like it dont use it. Fairly simple.
January 11th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
Jim Mathies said:
The problem here is that ‘beta’ doesn’t mean a darn thing to your average user. All they know is that Google released some new software (out of date virus protection and a poor substitute for ms anti-spyware) and now they think their computers are protected. That’s unacceptable in my opinion. But really, it’s Google’s reputation that will be undone by poor product releases like this. If your a Google lover that’s something you should be concerned with, as should Google. Which is why this crummy software pack surprised me so.
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April 11th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Eole|An Aporia » Blog Archive » 评Google pack said:
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