jamie wrote:picassa was great
google earth was great
as for writely and spreadsheets - they are great for normal - casual user - good enough to start amassing a userbase
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basically - everything they do is innovative.. that doesnt mean its without its flaws
Innovative? Picasa, Keyhole (who made what was rebranded as Google Earth) and Writely were all acquired by Google. And the products are not that much different to how they were when acquired. None of them came out of Google at all.