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by Pxtl 4501 days ago
Google tried to get everybody onto jabber. It didn't work and they fell behind, so now we have hangouts.
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Did they _really_ try though? Google sometimes fails to appreciate that just "putting it out there" isn't enough.

Funny enough, they also fail to see that forcing people to adopt something doesn't work either. For a company that lives off advertising, they sure don't show much skill at marketing.