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Google+ Cost $585 Million to Build (thenextweb.com)
10 points by joshuahays 5474 days ago
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ianterrell 5474 days ago
Misleading to the extreme. It's not like the employees who built Google+ aren't producing value on other projects—now through code reuse, and in the future more directly.
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joshuahays 5473 days ago
I agree, it is a bit extreme. However, they did say it was a 'ballpark'.
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jhack 5474 days ago
Why did they include the On2 purchase? Does Google+ have WebM/VP8 features I didn't hear about?
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simonsarris 5474 days ago
The Hangouts part where you video chat with many people I suppose.
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ktsmith 5474 days ago
Supposedly that's still using Vidyo as it requires the google talk video plugin right now. The WebM stuff is coming down the road.

http://gigaom.com/video/google-hangouts-technology/

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joshuahays 5473 days ago
Yes
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