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Google+ Cost $585 Million to Build | Better HN
Google+ Cost $585 Million to Build
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joshuahays
14y ago
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ianterrell
14y ago
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.
joshuahays
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14y ago
I agree, it is a bit extreme. However, they did say it was a 'ballpark'.
jhack
14y ago
Why did they include the On2 purchase? Does Google+ have WebM/VP8 features I didn't hear about?
simonsarris
14y ago
The Hangouts part where you video chat with many people I suppose.
ktsmith
14y 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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