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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by dna_polymerase on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @10:30AM (#19554440)
I think Google doesn't care for most services as they do not depend on any of those. Sure Android, GMail, and YouTube will stay, because they serve their core business: ads. Everything else could be over at any time. This is supported by their recent push for China. Suddenly employee voices aren't worth anything anymore (remember the drone story, that was over after employees pushed back). Maybe they have realised by now that diversification isn't that bad after all and will continue to push GCP but I wouldn't want to bet on GCP's life-span.
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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by RestlessMind on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:27PM (#19555860)
I am willing to bet on GCP's life-span - it will be around for 10 more years at least. What would you like to bet for?
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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by iainmerrick on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @05:58PM (#19558990)
GCP in its current form, though?

In 10 years, will you have to choose between the deprecated version and the version that doesn't work yet?

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