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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by gmanstar on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:33PM (#21819662)
the problem is the timeframe. the decision is a sound one - at some point google has to cut its loses. but not in 3 years -- thats too early. if you want to be in the cloud business, you have to commit to trying to make a run for it for at least 5-7 years. it will take that long for the business to build
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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by servercobra on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:09PM (#21819979)
Google Compute Engine launched in 2012, so this would be 11 years they would have been trying at it. That seems like a perfectly reasonable timeline.
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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by dx87 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:06PM (#21819949)
The article goes into more detail that it was a 5 year plan. Their source told them about meetings that took place in 2018 and they agreed on funding until 2023.
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