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When it comes to Google it’s not being pessimistic, it’s just being realistic.
by sen 7mo ago
When it comes to Google it’s not being pessimistic, it’s just being realistic.
- kartakrak 7mo ago6 months is even generous and optimistic
- ex-aws-dude 7mo agoIts boring though? Pessimism is so lame and uninteresting for discussions
- RobRivera 7mo agoAre you not entertained?
- holdomanoovr 7mo ago[dead]
- miltava 7mo agoMaybe for most of their acquisitions (but I don’t know). But they do get acquisitions right: YouTube, android, double click, Waze…
- eitally 7mo agoAnd more relevant, Mandiant.
- anon84873628 7mo agoOr Apigee. Or Looker. These comments are tiring.
- paganel 7mo agoThe majority (all, I'd say) of those are 15 years (and more) in the past by now. Not sure about Waze, well, looks like I was wrong, they were only acquired in 2013, so it's "only" 13 years in the past for them.
- sourcegrift 7mo agoThe best of them all. Edit: meant gmaps
- PokemonNoGo 7mo agoGmail was an acquisition? I thought it was internal? I remember them launching as an invite only (how i got mine) and it went from there. What is the story?
- nszceta 7mo agohttps://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
- ukblewis 7mo agoThis is such BS… Google also bought YouTube for a bargain price early on… and that is far from the only successful purchase that Google has had