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[speedgoose]

Well, we had rumours of Google shutting down GCP not that long ago.

[baby → speedgoose]

They’re making so much money out of it that your comment makes no sense.

[arnvald → baby]

I'm not sure that's true. They don't reveal separate numbers for GCP, but they put it under "Google Cloud" umbrella with Google Docs and other products. The revenues are growing, but they're still losing money: https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/alphabet-earnings-google-clou...

[speedgoose → baby]

It was a joke. The rumours were real though.

[serial_dev → speedgoose]

Were these rumors based on anything other than "Google will shut it down"? It is always the top comment no matter which product or service we are talking about, so it doesn't mean anything

[ocdtrekkie → serial_dev]

The exact framing was a statement that Google execs had given Cloud a deadline to reach a certain portion of the market, or it might lose funding.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-brass-set-202...

[lozenge → ocdtrekkie]

"Lose funding" means "coast in maintenance mode" not shut down. One doesn't just shut down B2B services.

[sedachv → lozenge]

Google acquired ITA in 2010. Cape Air switched their entire flight reservation/departure control system to ITA/Google in 2012. Google discontinued the system in 2013.

[speedgoose → serial_dev]

No it was based as ocdtrekkie said on supposedly internal leaks about Google wanting to be a leader soon or to give up the cloud market.