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Sounds an awful lot like Google is getting ready to repeat the mistakes of Yahoo! by chasing seemingly hot markets instead of finding ways to better support the
by swivelmaster 7y ago
Sounds an awful lot like Google is getting ready to repeat the mistakes of Yahoo! by chasing seemingly hot markets instead of finding ways to better support the customers and products they already have.
- gundmc 7y agoHow so? This is an enterprise play. An integrated, fully featured chat app are table stakes to be considered against the likes of Microsoft Office. This isn't chasing some hot fad.
- swivelmaster 7y agoAn enterprise play is a good idea, but Google has been messing around with the branding and implementation of their consumer products while chasing this strategy. I am reminded of Yahoo! building what was basically an enormous social network with Chat, Profiles, Groups, and Mail and then throwing much of it away to start over when the first actual social networking sites started to get big. Most people are already confused about Hangouts vs GChat vs "the chat in Gmail," and I fear this will only get worse.