It should be emphasized that this was an exec in the sales division, talking to cloud sales people. My experience has been that this sort of Glengarry Glen Ross

It should be emphasized that this was an exec in the sales division, talking to cloud sales people. My experience has been that this sort of Glengarry Glen Ross macho talk is much more expected in that universe. By contrast, the Google devs I know say that there has been vague talk of belt-tightening and sharpening focus but no one has been making these kinds of dire threats.