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And what happens if Keikai fails long before Google gets rid of sheets? I get that Google has a habit of killing things off, but they are often things that are
by jjuel 7y ago
And what happens if Keikai fails long before Google gets rid of sheets? I get that Google has a habit of killing things off, but they are often things that are unpopular. Sheets is far from unpopular.
- kingosticks 7y agoYep, I agree it's always a risk; but if you were really concerned you could perhaps acquire a small outfit like Keikai and protect yourself. Your money just isn't interesting to Google so that's never an option. And I don't believe it's true to say they've only killed unpopular things. Anything outside of the core business (and I will argue Sheets/Docs is outside) is up for the chop.
- fauigerzigerk 7y ago>but if you were really concerned you could perhaps acquire a small outfit like Keikai and protect yourself Only one customer can do that, not all of them. As a small provider of enterprise software I would offer to sign a source code escrow agreement.
- kingosticks 7y agoYes, that's a far better way to protect your investment. Thanks for pointing that out.
- jjuel 7y agoSo 4 million G Suite business customers and 70 million educational G Suite customers is outside the core business? I would say 74 million customers is a major part of any business.
- kingosticks 7y agoG Suite is a lot more than just Google Sheets. And while it's not advertising, I think you are right and I was a bit hasty to declare it as outside their core business. They do not have 74 million paying customers. However, I agree that the "free" version is safe for as long as the enterprise offering continues to do well (5 million PAYING users as of Feb 2019: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/5-million-and-counting-how-g-suite-is-transforming-work https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/5-million-and...).