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Not to be overly negative, but could they have come up with a less inspired and creative name than that? “Project” also make it sound like a ongoing effort of sorts, and not a (finished) product.
The gap between a "test" and a product is huge. I don't think it's wise to dump resources into building a product based on unproven technology.
Doesnt even work on firefox or IE. It tells me to use Chrome which I recently ditched due to privacy violation concerns.
It's amazing how Chrome has become the Internet Explorer 6 of the modern web era. Instead of ActiveX I wonder what would be an appropriate way to describe it.
Doesnt even work on firefox or IE. It tells me to use Chrome which I recently ditched due to privacy violation concerns.
I hate that Google can pour money from its infinite ad revenue into other things and beat out competitors by virtue of being able to sustainably run unsustainable (for others) businesses. EDIT: For people who are interested in this, I would recommend studying the history of AT&T, especially the 1956 consent decree.
The other player at the moment happens to be Amazon. So any competition is a good thing.
How is this different from https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/ or http://onlive.com/ ?
it is not on liquidating (at least not yet)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Google's promotion and incentive structure is built around launching products. This will launch, putter along for a couple of years and then get shuttered unless it's a surprise success.
Sure, though technology or ideas from products that aren't successful is often incorporated in future projects. Honestly there's a really good blog post/article waiting to be written grouping and classifying shuttered google projects into groups based on purposes, because for a lot of them, they aren't created to be successes or make money, but for other business reasons, legal precedents, creating competition or dis…
I'll wait until my mom tells me about it.
Not to be overly negative, but could they have come up with a less inspired and creative name than that? “Project” also make it sound like a ongoing effort of sorts, and not a (finished) product.
Oh good, the company that constantly bails on it's ventures is starting a new one in a space that is far from being realized still. Seriously, if what's the goal? Being a supporting network for gaming infrastructure?
HN loves to point fingers when company stands still. Heck, we made a teaching moment out of Kodak and others who failed to innovate and relied too much on their cashcows.
On the other hand, we proclaim nice-sounding ideas such as being aware of sunk cost fallacy and how everybody should say no more. We talk about being data-driven and dont go by what gut says. Beware of the vocal minority. Dont be afraid to pivot or let go. We tell others dont wait for your products to be perfect to launch. Get it out there, test the market and iterate.
HN has their biases (I can build that in a weekend!) but the recent discourse of "OMG! they are going to desecrate it" is very silly.
Oh good, the company that constantly bails on it's ventures is starting a new one in a space that is far from being realized still. Seriously, if what's the goal? Being a supporting network for gaming infrastructure?
Oh good, the company that constantly bails on it's ventures is starting a new one in a space that is far from being realized still. Seriously, if what's the goal? Being a supporting network for gaming infrastructure?
Google's promotion and incentive structure is built around launching products. This will launch, putter along for a couple of years and then get shuttered unless it's a surprise success.