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Did Diane's bebop even launch? I can't find their website. It is kind of frustrating that everybody involved (employees, investors) in bebop are getting a payday, without really putting in much work, or verifying their ideas. Just leaves a sour taste in my mouth (old boys network) as a two-time failed entrepreneur.

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I understand how you feel but you should realize that this point of view is wrong-headed. Her, or anyone else's, success has zero impact on you so there is no justification to feel bad about their achievements being "undeserved".

By the way, it is often really hard to see just how much other people put into their projects and so from the outside their success does not seem very justified (hence the phenomena of ten year overnight success). I find myself making this mistake as well, but it is useful to remind yourself that it is the wrong way to think.

I have no personal knowledge of Diane, but I do know people who have worked closely with her and they have very good things to say. They are people who do not often have good things to say. So the bit would stay un-flipped for me.

You could look at this as a very high-end acquihire.

Google thinks bebop is better than whatever they could do internally (including finding people to hire up) to build a comparable product for that budget.

It is who you know.

Seriously? You feel it is unfair that Google would talent acquire a company with a founder that revolutionized virtualization and dismiss this with an implication that she was acquired because she knew "the right people" (and you apparently don't) vs. being one of the most impressive people Google could hire to run their cloud business?

And besides this, she's not even an unknown quantity herself. She's been on Google's board for 3 years! :)

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