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I wouldn't bet against a lot of money (google) shutting down something they have seemed to bet a lot on. I believe Google shutting down Google Reader already me

by redorb 14y ago

I wouldn't bet against a lot of money (google) shutting down something they have seemed to bet a lot on. I believe Google shutting down Google Reader already means that 'RSS has gone somewhere' or will on July 1.. [edit] I also think Google backing off the shutdown would show a lot of users that it does listen and is willing to continue running a sub-par unit instead of shutting it down.

jacquesm 14y ago
> I wouldn't bet against a lot of money (google) shutting down something they have seemed to bet a lot on. You mean like google wave? Or checkout? Or google buzz? Or any one of a large number of other products / projects that are no longer.
- redorb 14y ago
  I would hope to never disagree with you - a very smart fellow on here. I however believe Google has put multiplies more money and 'skin in the game' when it comes to Google+... examples of what I think are the way they are pushing it so aggressively by integrating it everywhere. Wave was a pretty large launch I'll admit - but it still felt like an experiment - It felt like to me Google has said publicly in many ways 'This is how we are competing with Facebook and we'll stick with it till it works' - pertaining to Google + Google Buzz was lot softer launch and commitment... Checkout is still alive right? *I do miss wave, my friends and I (with office jobs)used it as a chat channel throughout the workday. We have since moved to hall.com - wave still beats hall though...
  - pbhjpbhj 14y ago
    Did you try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Wave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Wave? >Apache Wave is a software framework for real-time collaborative editing online. Google originally developed it as Google Wave.[1] It was announced at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009. [...] >Development was handed over to the Apache Software Foundation which started to develop a server-based product called Wave in a Box.
    - redorb 14y ago
      When I gave it a whirl back when wave was cancelled - it felt half baked.. Then again my skills are half baked as well :)
- ben1040 14y ago
  Checkout is still around; they just renamed it Wallet to coincide with their mobile app.

by redorb 14y ago

jacquesm 14y ago

> I wouldn't bet against a lot of money (google) shutting down something they have seemed to bet a lot on. You mean like google wave? Or checkout? Or google buzz? Or any one of a large number of other products / projects that are no longer.

redorb 14y ago
I would hope to never disagree with you - a very smart fellow on here. I however believe Google has put multiplies more money and 'skin in the game' when it comes to Google+... examples of what I think are the way they are pushing it so aggressively by integrating it everywhere. Wave was a pretty large launch I'll admit - but it still felt like an experiment - It felt like to me Google has said publicly in many ways 'This is how we are competing with Facebook and we'll stick with it till it works' - pertaining to Google + Google Buzz was lot softer launch and commitment... Checkout is still alive right? *I do miss wave, my friends and I (with office jobs)used it as a chat channel throughout the workday. We have since moved to hall.com - wave still beats hall though...
- pbhjpbhj 14y ago
  Did you try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Wave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Wave? >Apache Wave is a software framework for real-time collaborative editing online. Google originally developed it as Google Wave.[1] It was announced at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009. [...] >Development was handed over to the Apache Software Foundation which started to develop a server-based product called Wave in a Box.
  - redorb 14y ago
    When I gave it a whirl back when wave was cancelled - it felt half baked.. Then again my skills are half baked as well :)
ben1040 14y ago
Checkout is still around; they just renamed it Wallet to coincide with their mobile app.