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0 pointsFooHentai8y ago0 comments

>I'd say 0, since eyeballing the list almost none of them seem to be B2B type products.

If moving the goalposts is allowed then fair enough, it can be any number you choose.

>This is by far the most pervasive comment on HN regarding Google ("Oh, they launched something, don't use it because they will retire it soon. Look what happened to Reader!").

Yes, hello, reality calling - Google has a PR problem, as a direct result of canceling services. This PR problem is bleeding into their commercial offerings precisely because of their reliance and cultivation of grassroots, technology-minded consumer mind share. "Man, I killed all those bees but for some reason now my honey production has dropped right off. Could there be a connection???"

Someone did not properly cost this into the decision to terminate those services, and it's now biting the organization. It should be.

0 pointsFooHentai8y ago0 comments

>I'd say 0, since eyeballing the list almost none of them seem to be B2B type products.

If moving the goalposts is allowed then fair enough, it can be any number you choose.

>This is by far the most pervasive comment on HN regarding Google ("Oh, they launched something, don't use it because they will retire it soon. Look what happened to Reader!").

Someone did not properly cost this into the decision to terminate those services, and it's now biting the organization. It should be.

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nindalf8y ago· 2 in thread

He's not moving the goalposts. This thread is about a b2b product, which he claims are unlikely to be shut down. If you're trying to extrapolate about a b2b product from past experience about free software, you should justify that.

nightski8y ago

Specifically it is a dashboard creator b2b product. I bet the google shutdown rate on that is pretty good!

Sarcasm aside, by narrowing the results the goalposts are indeed shifted.

SmirkingRevenge8y ago

Is it a shift or a correction?

Google's cloud offerings are generally going to have more robust SLA's attached to them, that include various guarantees wrt. service deprecation, that probably compare with other vendors in the same space.

So I do think "moving goalposts" here is probably right. Comparing Reader, Buzz or Google Code to GCP offerings probably is an apples to oranges comparison. In other words, not very useful.

zcrar708y ago· 1 in thread

This comes across as a somewhat hysterical response to a fairly measured comment ("Yes, hello, reality calling").

That doesn't feel like the HN ethos. People working for any company should feel comfortable posting here, without feeling like they are the subject of a witch hunt imho.

Boothroid8y ago

I think your calling that response hysterical is itself a bit hysterical.

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