It would be interesting if it happened. I wouldn't hold my breath. It doesn't matter if their resources are huge, which they are. They are finite and they have

It would be interesting if it happened. I wouldn't hold my breath. It doesn't matter if their resources are huge, which they are. They are finite and they have shown, lately quite often, that they don't want to spend them even on things which are relatively popular if they don't see strategic value in them. Are you really arguing that keeping GTalk around as a competitor to their G+ messenger/hangout/whatever client will help them long term?