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.