[HLUG] August LUg Meeting Killed by Google

[George Miles ~ dicegeorge]

sorry,

i am not sure if i will be back from camp on 25th august...

george

On 05/08/2021 12:22, Julian Robbins via Herefordshire wrote:
> Hi all
> 
>   Hope you're enjoying some decent weather on and off this summer.
> 
> An early mention that George has kindly suggested our next meeting 25th
> August (4th Weds of the month) will be at his house near Leominster,
> hopefully with a BBQ too (if we can get it lit ;-) ).
> 
> So something to look forward to. I'll send more info at a later date.
> 
> At work we were discussing the Amazon Drone project collapse
> https://www.wired.co.uk/article/amazon-drone-delivery-prime-air -
> fascinating read for anyone.
> My boss's view is that big companies like Amazon and Google have so much
> cash to spend that they just throw so much shit at the wall and see what
> sticks and much doesn't , he has a point ....  Seems like it might have
> been the case here.
> 
> Also, in the same vein here's an example of the many and varied now defunct
> Google businesses that they either bought and closed, or set-up and fairly
> quickly closed down. It's a massive list, but a few of the older projects
> might bring a few vague happy memories amongst some of you ;-) .
> 
> https://killedbygoogle.com/
> 
> I always thought Google Wave, an exciting mismash of email, instant
> messaging and realtime document editing would take over email, but of
> course it didn't...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Julian
> 

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