A lot of the shutdowns have been due to low (for google) user bases, or just no engineering staff to support it. A lot of their shutdowns I see as a way for goo

A lot of the shutdowns have been due to low (for google) user bases, or just no engineering staff to support it. A lot of their shutdowns I see as a way for google to become more focused as a company, which I feel like was needed. They had too many half-baked services. As for XMPP, it was their business decision. I'm betting engineering had a good reason for it, it just may not be shared with us.