[iamseiko]

That's disappointing. Google will probably keep the service alive for recruiting and the consumer base, while most of it's technologies will probably be shut off. Being owned by Google might also mean that some companies might not want to post challenges on Kaggle anymore, like Facebook or Microsoft.

[inlined]

I really don't understand this assumption that all acquisitions are going to lead to disaster. I work in the Firebase team at Google and couldn't be happier that they've joined (it's what got me to return to Google). Google doubled down on the product and it's grown in ways that Firebase could never have achieved on its own. All while integrating into the broader ecosystem of Cloud.

Firebase then acquired DivShot and people cried doom. Yes DivShot was shut down--after completely rearchitecting Firebase's CLI and Hosting to have DivShot's open source web hosting framework with the features of both product lines. The CEO of DivShot now runs Firebase Hosting's product line and has massive resources at his disposal to push his (great) agenda of simple and speedy static web services.

[halflings]

What is kaggle's technology really? The notebooks? It's a rather experimental feature that doesn't work all that well most of the time, and shouldn't be going nowhere as a lot of people still appreciate them.

I agree for big companies though, even if that doesn't make a whole lot of sense (as there's no private info involved here, the competitions being in the open including the data provided by these companies).

[myth_drannon]

Some people spend years competing and trying to get top rankings. It was a great signal to show to recruiters/potential employers. If Google shuts it down, all this work will be gone.