Interesting CNN article that address some points outlined below:

• · Why are some people leaving the utopist work environment Google provides in order to start their own projects?
• · Does Google need to worry when they’re netting $1 billion (billion with a B) each quarter (quarter with a Q)?
• · What does Marc Benioff mean when he says “They have a fantastic cash cow.  They need a goat and a chicken.”
• · Will Google retain it’s quirkiness despite having become a huge corporation?  Is that even possible?
• · With so many side projects going on inside Google, aren’t some people working in parallel on the same thing with no collaboration?
• · Is Google’s next big success going to be Google Apps (MS Office competitor) or Android (open source cell phone)?
• · Is Google recession proof or recession resistant?
• · Did a Microsoft executive actually compliment Google with this quote? “They could be such pioneers that no one will know for years.”

Bottom line…we still won’t know what to expect next from Google.  Google is a riddle inside a mystery wrapped in an enigma.  Apparently that’s all you need to create in order to net $1 billion (with a B) each quarter (with a Q).