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Re:How Gmail Happened (2014) by johnchristopher on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:07PM (#19566244)
I always wondered. What happened to the team behind start.com ? At the time I thought it could have been a golden brand and the realization was slick, I remember reading they had a lot of freedom to experiment.
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Re:How Gmail Happened (2014) by tomcam on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:20PM (#19566362)
Like Sidewalk, Mungo Park, and any number of initiatives it was managed into extinction by political ineptness.
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Re:How Gmail Happened (2014) by projectileboy on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:46PM (#19566589)
I still miss Sidewalk. For a lovely couple of years, you could rely on quality reviews of everything in your hometown.
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Re:How Gmail Happened (2014) by tomcam on Thursday April 04, 2019 @03:27AM (#19570026)
It could have totally owned much of the space now occupied by Yelp and Craigslist. A true class act Bill pulled the plug on far too early. One of his most egregious mistakes IMHO.
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