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Re:Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in ... by skrebbel on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:57AM (#21028095)
I'm a startup founder, and I've never understood this worry.

I know of scary few products by Google (or one of the other tech bigcos) that successfully wiped out an up-and-coming startup.

They did acquire quite a bunch, but can you name a successful Google product that killed a startup without acquiring it? I'm sure there are some but it can't be much. Docs, Android, Firebase, Maps all came out of acquisitions.

I mean, sure, they're super competitive, but my impression is that that competitiveness is mostly targeted at Amazon/AWS, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. I mean GCP is mostly just Google reimplementing the most popular AWS products with less cruft. That's super competitive but I'm curious how it threatens your one man business.

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Re:Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in ... by cameronbrown on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:55PM (#21029443)
Without Google's resources Android, Maps, YouTube, DoubleClick and the like wouldn't be the powerhouses they are today. Take that how you will, good or bad.
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Re:Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in ... by curious_fella1 on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:31PM (#21029189)
Was gmail made in house?
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Re:Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in ... by antoinealb on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:56PM (#21029458)
Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gmail
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