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Re:Google’s next big Chrome update will rewrite the rules of... by simonh on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:16AM (#26087814)
10% time was an interesting idea, but have any valuable revenue generating products ever actually come out of it?
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Re:Google’s next big Chrome update will rewrite the rules of... by throwaway3699 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:26AM (#26087884)
20% time is mostly used for side projects which aren't about coding or products anymore. But back in the day most new things Google was making came out of it.
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Re:Google’s next big Chrome update will rewrite the rules of... by vmsp on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:21AM (#26087847)
Gmail, no? G Suite brings revenue.
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Re:Google’s next big Chrome update will rewrite the rules of... by simonh on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:03AM (#26088120)
It doesn't look like Gmail came out of 20% time, Paul Buchheit was asked to work on it so it looks like it was an assigned project not a spare time thing, and Google Docs was an acquisition (Writely).
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Re:Google’s next big Chrome update will rewrite the rules of... by jacquesm on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:35AM (#26088316)
Google news did iirc.
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