Will it reflect badly on them if the new owners decide to take it in some different direction? I think there's still a flip side to these decisions. Google has

Will it reflect badly on them if the new owners decide to take it in some different direction? I think there's still a flip side to these decisions. Google has an established reputation as a product killer, I'm sure the effect of that won't bring them down but it's there and I doubt handing a product off to someone else would either.