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0 pointseru10y ago0 comments

Alas, open sourcing Reader wouldn't have done much: the code's all tied heavily into Google internal infrastructure. (Full disclosure: my team pulled the plug on Reader.)

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irox85910y ago

Oh you're the villain!

But yes I can see that as joining a Blogger page in the Members widget automatically subscribed you in Reader.

eruOP10y ago

Alas, I joined after the damage was done.

cbeach10y ago

Interesting the Reader developers chose their own infrastructure over "best of breed" Google AppEngine?

ash10y ago

Google Reader initial release: October 7, 2005

Google App Engine initial release: April 7, 2008

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_App_Engine

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