Comments on: Google Hardware? http://www.rollerfeet.com/backporchbeer/2005/09/14/2646/ How To Create a Sarcasm Mark in Textile: *~ยก~* Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: etrigan http://www.rollerfeet.com/backporchbeer/2005/09/14/2646/comment-page-1/#comment-6852 etrigan Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:32:18 +0000 http://www.rollerfeet.com/bpb2/?p=2646#comment-6852 "Enterprise Solutions" is the key term. This is the widest margin "product" companies offer now-a-days. It's a way of offering what used to be run of the mill installation and support as a more expensive option. I'm sure that Google is reselling someone else's hardware and a "shrinkwrap" software package that they can customize a little for searching buyer's websites and document servers. It's a niche market, but it's an underserved and margin-rich market (and then there is the Google brand.) “Enterprise Solutions” is the key term. This is the widest margin “product” companies offer now-a-days. It’s a way of offering what used to be run of the mill installation and support as a more expensive option.

I’m sure that Google is reselling someone else’s hardware and a “shrinkwrap” software package that they can customize a little for searching buyer’s websites and document servers. It’s a niche market, but it’s an underserved and margin-rich market (and then there is the Google brand.)

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