This could mean a lot of potential opportunity for start-ups. If Google is shedding products because they don't fit with their core mission or business requirem

This could mean a lot of potential opportunity for start-ups. If Google is shedding products because they don't fit with their core mission or business requirements, those might be some great areas to get into for different/smaller companies. In the end, they will probably focus on general purpose products with super large user bases (docs, maps, email, android, social network, offers, payments etc). Around those, will still be a big ecosystem for other companies. I'm curious if products like SketchUp, Picnik, Desktop and Orkut will also be sunset soon.