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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by ageofwant on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:27AM (#21823555)
Killing Reader was massive strategic blunder, which in fairness to Google was probably not obvious to see at the time. But then to repeat that with Maps API,Google+, Sketchup and Wave (perhaps wave was first) just cemented Google's untrustworthy reputation.
Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by Applejinx on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:54AM (#21823694)
Sketchup?? Huh. Glad I didn't get into it, then. This is the first time I've heard that, and I thought I was up to speed with the stuff Google dropped.
Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by itronitron on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @06:28AM (#21823849)
SketchUp was acquired from Google by Trimble in 2012 >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SketchUp