> There can be a lot of value in rebuilding the same things from the ground up. Maybe there is value for managers (who got promotions) and programmers (who got

> There can be a lot of value in rebuilding the same things from the ground up. Maybe there is value for managers (who got promotions) and programmers (who got promotions and learned something), but for Google there is no value at all - it losts its users. I remember everyone using gmail chat.. that they "remade" (killed) like two times. Everyone just moved on. Also I dont understand why investors arent unhappy with that. Google can still earn hundreds of millions on chat. Those wont be billions, but it is still money. And "hudred million here, hundred million there" start to add up.