The Final Days of Peyton Manning...

..ok got your attention like Cringely did mine with his The Final Days of Google.

Come on, buddy, enjoy the moment. Of course, Peyton will retire some day. And Google may slow down and screw up. But for now, let's enjoy the fact it is built to delight, not worry about whether it is to last.

So don't give Google hell for coming up with too many ideas. Even if it cannot commercialize 95% of the ideas, it is keeping the industry on its toes. Not just software vendors like Microsoft and Oracle. If HP is not worried about Google - it should be. Google is a major server manufacturer in its own right. If EDS is not worried about Google setting the bar for SLAs with its up-time and response time, around the world it should be. If Verizon is not worried about Google with its municipal wi-fi, dark fibre,  click-to-call from Google Maps, it should be. As I wrote here - everyone's gunning for it - which means it is also in many, many promising markets. Along with Yahoo!, eBay, amazon and a bunch of start ups, it is redefining the technology landscape.

And may be, just may be this innovative company may have a clue or two on how to keep harnessing the talent pool it is putting together. A scenario Cringely does not consider.

But even if it screws up, I am glad I am watching history be made.  I know I will tell my grand children "I was there when ...."