> To my knowledge, nothing majorly successful or long-term supported has ever come out of Area 120. Instead try evaluating the success of Area 120 by the numbe

> To my knowledge, nothing majorly successful or long-term supported has ever come out of Area 120. Instead try evaluating the success of Area 120 by the number of Google staff members who have had their "incredible journey" itch scratched and then returned to a product or infrastructure team at Google when their Area 120 project is EOL'ed. From a corporate perspective, it's worth spending some money on throw-away projects to retain staff who might otherwise quit to pursue an actual startup.