> Perhaps someone is confusing them with a charity or an Internet do-gooder enthusiasts club. The amount of products that get launched and then closed is to me

> Perhaps someone is confusing them with a charity or an Internet do-gooder enthusiasts club. The amount of products that get launched and then closed is to me sign that Google is a company unable to manage product after launch (and probably even more before, for the business part). More than that it gives that message that you shouldn't use a Google product until it reaches a critical mass, or you risk to have it axed one day. As more people think this way it will be more difficult for any google product to reach that mass of users.