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1. TomGarden · 1789945324 · focus · HN ↗

   Question: What is Google's track record for where their open source releases end up over time?

   Genuinely not knowledgeable here

   1. blazarquasar · 1789949000 · focus · HN ↗

      It depends on where they decide to go with it, I guess. Kubernetes, Go, Tensorflow, Chromium, gRPC are some examples that obviously went incredibly well.

      1. accidc · 1789960508 · focus · HN ↗

         Or if it becomes commercially valuable, then you can expect Google to take a third direction (embrace, extend, extinguish) : a la their current approach with android

         1. surajrmal · 1790002173 · focus · HN ↗

            I don't think that phrase means what you think it does. That only makes sense when there exists an open standard which a company builds an implementation for. Android was built from scratch and there was no standard.

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