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> Google and Microsoft have already shut down several failed projects Could you elaborate on this?
by anankaie 1y ago
> Google and Microsoft have already shut down several failed projects
Could you elaborate on this?
- bgwalter 1y agoSure: Google fired the Python language team in 2024 that contained a couple of the worst politicians who were later involved in slandering Tim Peters. Before that, Google moved heavily from Python to Go. Microsoft fired the "Faster CPython Team" this year.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoIt’s unlikely those layoffs are related to that, but rather the industry at large and end of zirp. Those type of folks are common in bigtech companies as well. For example the dart/flutter team was decimated as well.