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Google only kills unsuccessful projects. Gitlab is an obvious successful project.



Commercially unsuccessful projects*

There’s a big difference to Google execs between technological and commercial success. It must be very, very interesting to be a fly on the wall of their high level product management meetings.


Google Reader was clearly successful.


Was it? I've never met or heard of anyone using it except on Hacker News

I also doubt it made any revenue


It absolutely wasn't. It was completely insignificant in all respects to a company of that size. It also has had better alternatives within months of its demise to the point that it's rather surprising people are still missing it.




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