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jfoster on Feb 14, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Is Shutting Down Google Helpouts, Its Exper...

They could just start spinning off (into separate companies) or open sourcing the projects they decide to no longer pursue. That would alleviate a lot of the negative PR they get from doing this stuff, I think. Also is the right thing for customers who are invested in the product.

aragot on Feb 14, 2015 [–]

Technically, this is impossible because their build system and shared libraries [0]

Commercially, this is exactly the right thing to do! Then you can only blame customers for not buying shares of the spin-off!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899467

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