Google to Acquire Looker

Post by drinkzima » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 4:09 PM UTC

sv123 wrote: post #81

tmountain wrote: post #35

I'm curious what this means for folks that opted to use Looker for their embedded analytics and if that's something Google is interested in supporting over the long-term? I'm also wondering how this affects pricing over the long-term and whether this becomes a replacement for Data Studio / commoditized analytics platform to make GCP more compelling? Would it be in Google's interest to offer this for free (or at least…

Very worried on the embedded side, we spent a full year migrating off of sisense embedded onto Looker embedded and literally launched two days ago. Embedded on any BI platform already seems like a red-headed stepchild with a little love, but not too much, being put into it in fits and starts. It could be so useful to so many companies, but the platform costs puts it outside most of their reach, so it ends up just han…

Post by rcpt » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 4:09 PM UTC

outside1234 wrote: post #3

Hopefully Google starts a campus in the Santa Cruz area off the back of this...

Post by iblaine » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 4:22 PM UTC

Post by streblo » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 4:28 PM UTC

iblaine wrote: post #105

Before this acquisition: Looker > Tableau > QlikView > Superset (now preset.io) After this acquisition: Superset (now preset.io) > Looker > Tableau > QlikView Now that Looker is owned by a corporation, the innovation is going to diminish. The creative forces will cash out and move on. I think Superset is going to fill the void that these BI corporations leave behind.

Post by imagetic » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 4:48 PM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #85

outside1234 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is too obviously a great strategy to put in rail between San Jose Diridon, Los Gatos, and Santa Cruz, so let's build rail in the middle of nowhere instead. There is even an abandoned tunnel under the mountain that did this in the early 1900s!

Thanks for reminding me of that. I thought there had been but wasn't sure if it went all along HWY 17. Apparently there was one running till the 40s.[1] But the highway killed it (not mudslides as is often attributed). There were a total of 8 tunnels most of them condemned and dynamited. But apparently the right of way exists and could be rebuilt! So there is hope if people and businesses push hard enough for it. Com…