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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by AsyncAwait on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:30AM (#24459882)
Waze was acquired by Google, am not sure that counts.
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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by AlchemistCamp on Monday September 14, 2020 @02:17AM (#24467335)
If Waze couldn't compete against an incumbent Google Maps, why would Google ever have bought it?
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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by AsyncAwait on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:17PM (#24474628)
I didn't mean from a technological perspective, but from a sustainability one.

These kinds of startups can often compete/outcompete on tech, in fact that's their premise, but they're looking for an ASAP exit, rather than running something sustainably for decades.

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