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by TacticalCoder 43 days ago
> By that logic though wouldn’t Google have wildly successful products instead of a long line of failures?

Failures like YouTube, GMail and Android?
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wiseowise 43 days ago
Two out of those were bought by Google.
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SquareWheel 43 days ago
Sure, and Microsoft acquired DOS, and Adobe acquired Photoshop. At a certain point though, after 20+ years of development, you need to give some credit to the new owners for making it into what it is today.
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kernal 43 days ago
No. Android was just a JavaScript demo. The OS was developed at Google.
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