Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-15 01:42 (#4YW2) When will people stop relying on these guys?So many projects fled SourceForge (for valid reasons) and ended up on Google Code. Now what will they do? And LESS than 6 months to hope everybody gets the word and moves their stuff? This sounds TERRIBLE.For a company of Google's breadth and scope, a 5 month warning seems very stingy, more the kind of act of a company bleeding cash.I never used Google Reader, but I sympathize with those who got burned by it (and the other various Google orphan dead).And yet... people still look at me funny when I explain how I set up my own mail server so I don't have to rely on a free service like GMail. Sheesh. Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-15 03:55 (#4YZP) This is why I pay runbox for email. Safe. Secure. Cheap. Reliable. Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 1) by axsdenied@pipedot.org on 2015-03-16 02:43 (#50FA) You paying for it does not mean anything in terms of the business shutting down.And, not trying to defend google but gmail, for example is also safe, secure, cheap (free) and reliable. Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2015-03-16 06:45 (#50PV) But Google could shut down it down tomorrow because: GMail is not making money (search), is not a strategic investment (Android) and is not breaking new ground (self-driving cars). Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-16 15:35 (#51N8) While I do agree with you in theory, I'm fairly confident that GMail is just about the last service they would shut down (after search and adsense). Everyone, and I mean _everyone_ in their 20's in the US uses it.Imagine the public backlash* that would be directed at Google if they took everyone's favorite toy away. That aspect alone is enough to keep it going ad infinitum.Until it becomes glaringly obvious that Google is hemorrhaging money by shutting down maps, drive or books, I will consider my gmail account long-lived.*spread by the most social media-savvy generation no less Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 2, Insightful) by seriously@pipedot.org on 2015-03-20 10:22 (#5AAH) not only that, but I'm pretty sure that GMail actually generates tons of money (directly or indirectly) through targeted ads and user's profiling (aka Big Data).People also tend to forget that there is a paying version of gmail for companies (I'm not putting the link but you can easily google it). I know some companies that use it. I don't know whether there ever was a paying version of google code though.
Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-15 03:55 (#4YZP) This is why I pay runbox for email. Safe. Secure. Cheap. Reliable. Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 1) by axsdenied@pipedot.org on 2015-03-16 02:43 (#50FA) You paying for it does not mean anything in terms of the business shutting down.And, not trying to defend google but gmail, for example is also safe, secure, cheap (free) and reliable. Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2015-03-16 06:45 (#50PV) But Google could shut down it down tomorrow because: GMail is not making money (search), is not a strategic investment (Android) and is not breaking new ground (self-driving cars). Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-16 15:35 (#51N8) While I do agree with you in theory, I'm fairly confident that GMail is just about the last service they would shut down (after search and adsense). Everyone, and I mean _everyone_ in their 20's in the US uses it.Imagine the public backlash* that would be directed at Google if they took everyone's favorite toy away. That aspect alone is enough to keep it going ad infinitum.Until it becomes glaringly obvious that Google is hemorrhaging money by shutting down maps, drive or books, I will consider my gmail account long-lived.*spread by the most social media-savvy generation no less Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 2, Insightful) by seriously@pipedot.org on 2015-03-20 10:22 (#5AAH) not only that, but I'm pretty sure that GMail actually generates tons of money (directly or indirectly) through targeted ads and user's profiling (aka Big Data).People also tend to forget that there is a paying version of gmail for companies (I'm not putting the link but you can easily google it). I know some companies that use it. I don't know whether there ever was a paying version of google code though.
Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 1) by axsdenied@pipedot.org on 2015-03-16 02:43 (#50FA) You paying for it does not mean anything in terms of the business shutting down.And, not trying to defend google but gmail, for example is also safe, secure, cheap (free) and reliable. Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2015-03-16 06:45 (#50PV) But Google could shut down it down tomorrow because: GMail is not making money (search), is not a strategic investment (Android) and is not breaking new ground (self-driving cars). Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-16 15:35 (#51N8) While I do agree with you in theory, I'm fairly confident that GMail is just about the last service they would shut down (after search and adsense). Everyone, and I mean _everyone_ in their 20's in the US uses it.Imagine the public backlash* that would be directed at Google if they took everyone's favorite toy away. That aspect alone is enough to keep it going ad infinitum.Until it becomes glaringly obvious that Google is hemorrhaging money by shutting down maps, drive or books, I will consider my gmail account long-lived.*spread by the most social media-savvy generation no less Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 2, Insightful) by seriously@pipedot.org on 2015-03-20 10:22 (#5AAH) not only that, but I'm pretty sure that GMail actually generates tons of money (directly or indirectly) through targeted ads and user's profiling (aka Big Data).People also tend to forget that there is a paying version of gmail for companies (I'm not putting the link but you can easily google it). I know some companies that use it. I don't know whether there ever was a paying version of google code though.
Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2015-03-16 06:45 (#50PV) But Google could shut down it down tomorrow because: GMail is not making money (search), is not a strategic investment (Android) and is not breaking new ground (self-driving cars). Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-16 15:35 (#51N8) While I do agree with you in theory, I'm fairly confident that GMail is just about the last service they would shut down (after search and adsense). Everyone, and I mean _everyone_ in their 20's in the US uses it.Imagine the public backlash* that would be directed at Google if they took everyone's favorite toy away. That aspect alone is enough to keep it going ad infinitum.Until it becomes glaringly obvious that Google is hemorrhaging money by shutting down maps, drive or books, I will consider my gmail account long-lived.*spread by the most social media-savvy generation no less Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 2, Insightful) by seriously@pipedot.org on 2015-03-20 10:22 (#5AAH) not only that, but I'm pretty sure that GMail actually generates tons of money (directly or indirectly) through targeted ads and user's profiling (aka Big Data).People also tend to forget that there is a paying version of gmail for companies (I'm not putting the link but you can easily google it). I know some companies that use it. I don't know whether there ever was a paying version of google code though.
Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-16 15:35 (#51N8) While I do agree with you in theory, I'm fairly confident that GMail is just about the last service they would shut down (after search and adsense). Everyone, and I mean _everyone_ in their 20's in the US uses it.Imagine the public backlash* that would be directed at Google if they took everyone's favorite toy away. That aspect alone is enough to keep it going ad infinitum.Until it becomes glaringly obvious that Google is hemorrhaging money by shutting down maps, drive or books, I will consider my gmail account long-lived.*spread by the most social media-savvy generation no less Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 2, Insightful) by seriously@pipedot.org on 2015-03-20 10:22 (#5AAH) not only that, but I'm pretty sure that GMail actually generates tons of money (directly or indirectly) through targeted ads and user's profiling (aka Big Data).People also tend to forget that there is a paying version of gmail for companies (I'm not putting the link but you can easily google it). I know some companies that use it. I don't know whether there ever was a paying version of google code though.
Re: Google Yanks Another One (Score: 2, Insightful) by seriously@pipedot.org on 2015-03-20 10:22 (#5AAH) not only that, but I'm pretty sure that GMail actually generates tons of money (directly or indirectly) through targeted ads and user's profiling (aka Big Data).People also tend to forget that there is a paying version of gmail for companies (I'm not putting the link but you can easily google it). I know some companies that use it. I don't know whether there ever was a paying version of google code though.