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There are two classes of Google products: ones that are small user applications, and ones that are core infrastructure internally and externally. As far as I kn
by beisner 6y ago
There are two classes of Google products: ones that are small user applications, and ones that are core infrastructure internally and externally. As far as I know, only the former have a reputation for being EOLed.
DNS is the latter. Google’s RSS reader was the former.
- willis936 6y agoThe future is uncertain. Google has a history of canceling services and gives no signs of changing their behavior. Even if they made public acknowledgments hand waving “oh it’s these services not those other ones”, why would I fee any better? Google needs to spend a lot of time building trust. They don’t have it.
- beisner 6y agoAny service they have Enterprise contracts for they are extremely unlikely to shut down.
- willis936 6y agoIs there any assurance? Why would anyone trust FAANGs?
- Spooky23 6y agoI have a coworker who is angry that Nissin Original Cup of Noodles eliminated the dried pea that was in the ramen. I think that happened a decade ago. Very tragic, but things change. The nerd rage over Google Reader, etc is similar.
- coddle-hark 6y agoJust a few months ago there was a leaked email from Google execs talking about how Google Cloud needed to start making more money or it would be shuttered within a few years. It’s pretty simple really. Google acts like a VC — place lots of bets on new projects in the hope that they’ll blow up and either a) start making adwords-scale profits or b) markedly increase adwords profits. Projects that don’t do either of those things are killed. The question is: Does 8.8.8.8 markedly increase adwords profit?