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> Google was once an innovator (search, Gmail, Docs) Docs was from an acquisition.
by dehrmann 5y ago
> Google was once an innovator (search, Gmail, Docs)
Docs was from an acquisition.
- simonh 5y agoI used to think that mattered, but I’m not so sure any more. After all the people that developed that product became part of Google, and they didn’t become any less the innovators of it as a result. I think what matters with an acquisition is how it’s managed and how the technology is developed. I think it’s unarguable Google has put significant investment into docs and done a good job developing the product so I have no problem at this point giving them credit for it.
- tata71 5y agoIf you want maintained, passionately developed software, it absolutely matters.
- dvh 5y agoI used to use Google docs because it was faster that starting libre office. Now Google docs starts 15s for empty document.
- sciurus 5y agoFWIW on multiple browsers on several different computers I've never had Google docs take anywhere close to 15 seconds to load.