Oh come on guys, Google never makes a mistake. Ever. --Doug
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > I agree, Owen. I don't understand this strategy either. Can anyone > explain how, once something is up and apparently solid, it requires a lot > of money to maintain it? > > All in all, Google seems to be trying to disassociate itself from its > community(ies). I would be glad to pay for some of its apps and gadgets, > but not if I can't count on them being around. > > -tj > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net>wrote: > >> Good by Google Reader (which I use a lot): >> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5371725 >> .. and a host of others in this year's Spring Cleaning >> >> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html >> >> I will give them this: they have an export stunt, and I apparently can >> move to others. I don't use the google front page they killed off, Yahoo >> instead. >> >> But seriously, does anyone have a crystal ball? I just can't figure >> Google out! >> >> - Are they consolidating? .. i.e. converting everything to G+? >> - What's next to go? .. Google Docs? It gets use by digerati, but few >> others. >> - Is GMail safe? .. It gets a lot of use, but its easy to scrape off the >> ads, so can't be a profit center. >> >> I'd certainly pay for many of google services .. although I doubt this >> would stop them from randomly killing off ones I care about. >> >> Is there some obvious trend, like I mentioned above, for example .. >> moving everything to G+? >> >> Damn! >> >> -- Owen >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM > USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/> > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > Twitter: jtjohnson > http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com > ========================================== > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts d...@parrot-farm.net* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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