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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by gyardley on Thursday December 31, 2009 @07:51AM (#1024206)
Every time I read an article like this, I think of Google Lively. Google entering a space != Google crushing the competition.
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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by brown9-2 on Thursday December 31, 2009 @10:03AM (#1024359)
Agreed - this article would be better titled "Nine startup dreams and industries Google released competing products for in 2009".
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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by sundae79 on Thursday December 31, 2009 @08:01PM (#1025298)
Entering a space by charging competitive prices is different from offering things for free. Maybe the goal was not to crush competition, but it has the same effect.
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Re:Nine startup dreams and industries Google crushed in 2009 by DannoHung on Thursday December 31, 2009 @08:06AM (#1024222)
Not that I don't agree, but I really don't think that 3D Avatars are ever going to be a marketspace worth competing in.
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