So Google thinks that it’s possible to innovate by committee.

Not according to Steven Franks:

“A 34-company committee couldn’t create a successful ham sandwich, much less a mobile application suite. It’s going to be some half-baked turd undoubtedly based on GPE since that’s, you know, better than starting from scratch, right? (Wrong.)

“For heaven’s sake: Find someone, ONE person, with a unique vision. Lock them in a room with some programmers and a graphic designer. Twenty people, tops. Change the world. Quit re-hashing the same old bullshit and telling me it’s new, exciting, or in any way innovative. Be ready to fail, many times, but for love of all that is holy take a stand on something.

“You have NO CLUE why the iPhone is successful and highly sought after, do you? You think it’s all some sort of weird fluke.”

It’s hard to disagree with that. Fake Steve doesn’t and suggests that Google is running out of ideas:

“Companies don’t form alliances and consortia when they’re winning. Also, whenever you see companies start talking about being ‘open’, it means they’re getting their ass kicked. You think Google will be forming an OpenSearch alliance any time soon, to help also-rans in search get a share of the spoils? Me neither.”

Want evidence that Google is drying up? Just take a look at the once busy Google Labs page.