You clearly (somehow) haven't had Google try to convert one of your Google accounts into a G+ account before, or you've forgotten. There's a whole process involving your real name, a picture, profile, importing contacts, etc., etc.
I was looking forward to G+ revamping the core functionality of Google Reader. But it didn't really do anything after it reached "Facebook wall with circles" stage.
I used to be a Google fan for many things. but that was conditional on execution. They just seem to start things and then abortively stop them short of completion, over and over again. Then revamp the appearance or something a couple of times and let it rot until it's deprecated, or they crank up the prices. I don't understand how so much money and talent can help so many visionary ideas just stall and get clubbed to death.
you'd think that between that post and this one that i have some reason for caring that google+ succeed. i don't...i have no vested interest.
i just annoys me when big companies with massive amounts of resources bungle stuff. it seems like with so much talent and money it would be easier to get stuff right.
All companies bungle stuff, regardless of their size.
The main difference is that small companies go down when their bold attempt backfires or fails. Large companies usually have financial buffers in place to stomach the blow.
[Insert classic Dilbert strip about only doing the 10% of projects that will succeed.]
A lot of people would have just been pissed off that "G+ is borging google reader just like it is everything else".