Google+ Cost $585 Million to Build (opens in new tab)

(thenextweb.com)

10 pointsjoshuahays14y ago6 comments

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Misleading to the extreme. It's not like the employees who built Google+ aren't producing value on other projects—now through code reuse, and in the future more directly.

joshuahaysOP14y ago

I agree, it is a bit extreme. However, they did say it was a 'ballpark'.

jhack14y ago

Why did they include the On2 purchase? Does Google+ have WebM/VP8 features I didn't hear about?

simonsarris14y ago

The Hangouts part where you video chat with many people I suppose.

ktsmith14y ago

Supposedly that's still using Vidyo as it requires the google talk video plugin right now. The WebM stuff is coming down the road.

http://gigaom.com/video/google-hangouts-technology/

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