I was thinking yesterday that, in this aspect, Google is very much like General Motors during the decline years of the '70s and '80s. General Motors also had a similar habit where they'd bring out a new model (which would of course have issues). Then, they'd devote an enormous amount of time and money iterating on the model. And finally, just as the model started to show signs of market success they'd cancel it, and go back step 1. Meanwhile, their competition from Japan was steadily iterating and perfecting a stable lineup of vehicles

Sometimes I think that the only reason Google has maintained its level of success is that there is no Toyota or Honda equivalent for GM-Google.