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Re:Google Buzz by hexis on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @02:34PM (#1113013)
I think they also are probably releasing products in order to confuse competitors and developers. Joel on Software calls this "Fire and Motion" when Microsoft used to do it. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html
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Re:Google Buzz by intellectronica on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @02:36PM (#1113022)
That's an interesting perspective. That would sort of put them in the 'evil' bucket, and I really don't think they are (or maybe I'm being naive?)
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Re:Google Buzz by rgrove on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @02:45PM (#1113056)
They're certainly doing their best to hijack the "Buzz" product name away from Yahoo!.
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Re:Google Buzz by thwarted on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @03:00PM (#1113114)
Or the buzz.com domain from AT&T.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1079765

AT&T To Launch Yelp Competitor - The telco's buzz.com site lets users' "favorite" local vendors and services.

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Re:Google Buzz by dunk010 on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @04:19PM (#1113356)
They already have a namespace clash http://buzz.blogger.com
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