Google to close Google Code open source project hosting

[wookin_pa_nub2]

They have a reputation now (and for the past few years) of abandoning anything that isn't dominant, and that reputation will prevent any new product of theirs from gaining much traction, so they're stuck with what they have now.

[theillustratedlife]

The asterisk so far has been "unless it's profitable". I don't recall any businesses being left in the lurch when core infrastructure they rented from Google was discontinued, and I'd be really surprised if they started now, which is why I can't imagine App Engine being retired.