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For those who care, this is the article & HN discussion about the leaked memo that GCP may be axed if they don’t reach certain targets by 2023: https://www.the
by stingraycharles 6y ago
For those who care, this is the article & HN discussion about the leaked memo that GCP may be axed if they don’t reach certain targets by 2023:
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-brass-set-2023-as-deadline-to-beat-amazon-microsoft-in-cloud https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-brass-set-202...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21815260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21815260
- neolog 6y agoI can't read the story, just the first bit, but it says "risk losing funding" not "axe".
- swiley 6y agoProprietary software without funding is software without maintainers, another way of saying dead by most people's definition.
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- echelon 6y agoWould you stake your company or project on GCP if Google decided it was going to reduce funding of the platform? They show time and time again that they're willing to pull the rug out from under people that depend on their platforms.
- teawrecks 6y agoSame thing.
- ProAm 6y agoIt's the first death pang to not be funded in a company the lives on getting promoted by 'new features or products'