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Re:Google Reader Apocalypse Extremely Fucking Nigh by seanp2k2 on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @08:44AM (#5939008)
If Google were smart, they'd open-source Reader and let the people who love it maintain and run it (It's probably much too dependent on their architecture for this to actually be a viable option).
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Re:Google Reader Apocalypse Extremely Fucking Nigh by rikf on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @12:40PM (#5940674)
I dont think they are killing ready because of the cost to maintain it. I think its more likely a strategic move to push people onto plus.
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Re:Google Reader Apocalypse Extremely Fucking Nigh by kolev on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @10:29PM (#5943796)
Google surely realized they've made a mistake, but they are like the government - never admit they err.
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Re:Google Reader Apocalypse Extremely Fucking Nigh by yid on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @05:53PM (#5942706)
This is almost certainly impossible. Systems at large Web companies have tons of dependencies on internal systems, libraries and build tools. It would probably be easier to rewrite Reader from scratch rather than open-source it.
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Re:Google Reader Apocalypse Extremely Fucking Nigh by lotu on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @03:03PM (#5941656)
Ignoring the dependence on architecture; who's going to pay for the servers that are needed to run Reader? They don't run off love last I checked.
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Re:Google Reader Apocalypse Extremely Fucking Nigh by abraininavat on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @09:48AM (#5939386)
If Google were smart, they'd open-source Reader and let the people who love it maintain and run it (It's probably much too dependent on their architecture for this to actually be a viable option).

So.. if they were smart they'd do something that's impossible, you're saying.

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