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Google+ Cost $585 Million to Build
- ianterrell 15y agoMisleading to the extreme. It's not like the employees who built Google+ aren't producing value on other projects—now through code reuse, and in the future more directly.
- joshuahays 15y agoI agree, it is a bit extreme. However, they did say it was a 'ballpark'.
- jhack 15y agoWhy did they include the On2 purchase? Does Google+ have WebM/VP8 features I didn't hear about?
- simonsarris 15y agoThe Hangouts part where you video chat with many people I suppose.
- ktsmith 15y agoSupposedly that's still using Vidyo as it requires the google talk video plugin right now. The WebM stuff is coming down the road. http://gigaom.com/video/google-hangouts-technology/ http://gigaom.com/video/google-hangouts-technology/
- joshuahays 15y agoYes