Google Kills Cloud Print

Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by reaperducer on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:36AM (#21607160)

The incentive structures seem to favor the sexy over the boring, making it much more likely that someone will get promoted for launching products versus growing one.

Bottom line: Google is not ready for the enterprise.

I know a mid-sized travel company ($500m+ revenue) that will have its workflow seriously disrupted by this.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by briffle on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:24PM (#21607683)

I know that no companies ever, ever! had to shift their core tech and workflows away from MSN Messenger to Windows Live Communicator to Skype to Teams.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by minblaster on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:13PM (#21607570)

Sounds like they’ll learn a valuable lesson about not relying on services they aren’t paying to keep alive.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by dbdjfjrjvebd on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:52AM (#21607332)

Why would someone plan important workflows around a BETA product????

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by reaperducer on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:54AM (#21607359)

Ten years is not beta.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by dbdjfjrjvebd on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:58AM (#21607409)

The status was always beta. If a company says their product is beta then you should believe them.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by olivierduval on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:09PM (#21607536)

Google should say: "My product is TECHNICALLY release quality, but my BUSINESS MODEL is not finished right now, so I will cancel a working product if I can get enough money out of it".

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by uoaei on Friday November 22, 2019 @01:26PM (#21608387)

Yeah, this is like the "early access" video games that never end up being released.

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