Comments on: Another brand at the Googleplex http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2007/10/09/another-brand-at-the-googleplex/ For Aspiring New Media Titans Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:25:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bill Palmer http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2007/10/09/another-brand-at-the-googleplex/#comment-448 Bill Palmer Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:07:12 +0000 http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2007/10/09/another-brand-at-the-googleplex/#comment-448 I think the only real news here is that Jaiku now stands virtually no chance of going out of business. There's the chance that it never really catches on and so Google shuts it down and writes it off as a loss, but don't you sometimes get the feeling that Twitter is always about a week or two from having its servers turned off because they couldn't pay the bill? At least now we know that if Jaiku does happen to supplant Twitter for whatever reason, at least Jaiku won't be going under any time soon. Part of me wishes Google had bought Twitter instead. Not because they would have done anything useful with it, but simply because (unlike Twitter) Google seems to know how to keep its servers up and running. PS: do you remember our friend Pete Yorn? I was standing next to him at the Roxy tonight. Just thought I'd share :-) I think the only real news here is that Jaiku now stands virtually no chance of going out of business. There’s the chance that it never really catches on and so Google shuts it down and writes it off as a loss, but don’t you sometimes get the feeling that Twitter is always about a week or two from having its servers turned off because they couldn’t pay the bill? At least now we know that if Jaiku does happen to supplant Twitter for whatever reason, at least Jaiku won’t be going under any time soon.

Part of me wishes Google had bought Twitter instead. Not because they would have done anything useful with it, but simply because (unlike Twitter) Google seems to know how to keep its servers up and running.

PS: do you remember our friend Pete Yorn? I was standing next to him at the Roxy tonight. Just thought I’d share :-)

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