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Google died when they killed reader. I think back then they had a very good chance to outgrow facebook and lead the "open web" forward. Instead they went all

Google died when they killed reader. I think back then they had a very good chance to outgrow facebook and lead the "open web" forward. Instead they went all in with G+ and its early variants. Now they have to work with facebook to index its content.

jannes 8y ago
Google died? A strange thing to say about a company with a market capitalisation of 722 billion USD.
- FeralAlien 8y ago
  Eh a dying whale is still dying. Google missed the cloud and is next in line for the privacy burner (see Facebook) they arent even in the top 3 by market value anymore.
  - emptyfile 8y ago
    Facebook is dead too? Outside of top 3 by market value = "dead"?
- HugoDaniel 8y ago
  https://ycharts.com/companies/IBM/market_cap https://ycharts.com/companies/IBM/market_cap
  - praneshp 8y ago
    Is there a reason you linked ibm here? Please elaborate for the not so smart.
    - throwaway2048 8y ago
      a "dead" company can last a very, very long time. By measure of "cool kid technological fore-runner" IBM has been dead since the early 80s. Or perhaps more hilariously: http://excite.com/ http://excite.com/ reminder that google wanted to sell to excite.com for $750,000, excite.com said no. https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/29/google-excite/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/29/google-excite/
    - HugoDaniel 8y ago
      Sure, but please note that it is not "smart" related. All i wanted to say is that dying is not related to market value. Die as in bankrupt or not profitable is a big stretch for its use as a metaphor. Im not sure how to put this without sounding patronizing and/or stupid and/or explaining to retards but: There are more things in life besides money or economical viability. One could argue that afk it is way more easy to use it metaphorically to stereotype those that have money than those who do not.
  - adventured 8y ago
    IBM earned $13 billion in operating income over the prior four quarters, making them one of the most profitable companies on earth. They're not even remotely close to being at risk of actually dying. They're comparable in profit to Oracle, Alibaba and Tencent. GM and Micron have ridiculously low PE ratios. That also says nothing about whether their businesses are at risk of dying.
- alain94040 8y ago
  Instead of “died”, I’m guessing the poster meant “irrelevant”.
  - HugoDaniel 8y ago
    Because 'market capitalisation' is the only life possible and without it everything is irrelevant ?
  - 7Z7 8y ago
    Is that any more true (other than subjectively)?

jannes 8y ago

Google died? A strange thing to say about a company with a market capitalisation of 722 billion USD.

FeralAlien 8y ago
Eh a dying whale is still dying. Google missed the cloud and is next in line for the privacy burner (see Facebook) they arent even in the top 3 by market value anymore.
- emptyfile 8y ago
  Facebook is dead too? Outside of top 3 by market value = "dead"?
HugoDaniel 8y ago
https://ycharts.com/companies/IBM/market_cap https://ycharts.com/companies/IBM/market_cap
- praneshp 8y ago
  Is there a reason you linked ibm here? Please elaborate for the not so smart.
  - throwaway2048 8y ago
    a "dead" company can last a very, very long time. By measure of "cool kid technological fore-runner" IBM has been dead since the early 80s. Or perhaps more hilariously: http://excite.com/ http://excite.com/ reminder that google wanted to sell to excite.com for $750,000, excite.com said no. https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/29/google-excite/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/29/google-excite/
  - HugoDaniel 8y ago
    Sure, but please note that it is not "smart" related. All i wanted to say is that dying is not related to market value. Die as in bankrupt or not profitable is a big stretch for its use as a metaphor. Im not sure how to put this without sounding patronizing and/or stupid and/or explaining to retards but: There are more things in life besides money or economical viability. One could argue that afk it is way more easy to use it metaphorically to stereotype those that have money than those who do not.
- adventured 8y ago
  IBM earned $13 billion in operating income over the prior four quarters, making them one of the most profitable companies on earth. They're not even remotely close to being at risk of actually dying. They're comparable in profit to Oracle, Alibaba and Tencent. GM and Micron have ridiculously low PE ratios. That also says nothing about whether their businesses are at risk of dying.
alain94040 8y ago
Instead of “died”, I’m guessing the poster meant “irrelevant”.
- HugoDaniel 8y ago
  Because 'market capitalisation' is the only life possible and without it everything is irrelevant ?
- 7Z7 8y ago
  Is that any more true (other than subjectively)?