Comment on More spring cleaning out of season at GoogleparentComments−falling14yIt is sad, though, when Google entering the market killed a successful solution built outside of Google. Google Wave, for example.−true_religion14yWhat did Google Wave kill?−falling14yEtherpad and any other web collaborative text editors businesses.−timrichard14yI think 'kill' is a strong term to use. Although the original Etherpad service was terminated some time after aquisition, the source was released in December, 2009 :https://github.com/ether/pad
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It is sad, though, when Google entering the market killed a successful solution built outside of Google. Google Wave, for example.
What did Google Wave kill?
Etherpad and any other web collaborative text editors businesses.
I think 'kill' is a strong term to use. Although the original Etherpad service was terminated some time after aquisition, the source was released in December, 2009 :
https://github.com/ether/pad