Abu ne mai ban sha'awa don Google ya sayar da komai, ko da yake suna yin hakan. Sun sayar da Motorola bayan sun hada shi don takardun shaida. Sun sayar da SketchUp bayan dogon lokaci tare da sauƙi don yin amfani da kayan kayan aikin 3D.
Sau da yawa fiye da ba, lokacin da Google ke sha'awar fasaha ba amma yana da sha'awar makomar samfurin, sun kashe shi kawai. Wannan shi ne abin da ya faru ga talakawa Picnik . Sabis ɗin gyare-gyare na layi na yanar gizo, wanda magoya suka ƙauna don sauƙi da gyaran fasali da kuma damar da za a shirya daga ɗakunan shafukan yanar gizo, sun zama wanda aka kama da kabarin Google . Idan suna son ci gaba da sabis ɗin a matsayin mai ma'ana, ina tsammanin zai kasance Instagram na gaba, amma Google ya yanke shawara cewa ƙungiyar da fasali zasuyi aiki mafi kyau a matsayin ɓangare na na'ura na Google+ . Abin tausayi ne, amma wannan shine hanyar Google. Har ila yau, wasu ayyuka masu ban mamaki sun kasance sun haɗiye kuma sun sake amfani dasu don karfafa kayayyakin da ke akwai. Ana amfani da aikin injiniya na JotSpot a cikin Google Sites, An yi amfani da injiniyar injiniyoyin Tonic a cikin Google Docs. Aardvark aka tsince shi da kuma kashe shi bayan da aka saya kamfanin, amma ba a san inda fasaha ya ƙare ba, idan ko'ina.
SketchUp ta sayarwa ba abu ne mai wuya ga wasu dalilai. Da farko dai, sayarwa ce, kuma abu na biyu shi ne sayarwa a wata kyakkyawar riba. To, don haka jita-jita sun ce, tun lokacin farashi bai bayyana ba. Ba wai kawai sun watsar da samfurori masu tasowa ba kamar kamfanonin DoubleClick SEO, ko kuma zubar da sassan samfurin kamar Motorola da suka saya kawai. SketchUp ya kasance tare da Google har dan lokaci bayan sun sayi dan farawa mai suna @Last Software.
SketchUp yana da mashahuri. Har ila yau, kyauta ne, wanda zai zama ɓangare na mashahuri. Yanzu shi ne ɓangare na Trimble, kamfanin da ke kwarewa a fasahar GPS. Yana da wani zaɓi mai ban sha'awa, tun lokacin da aka yi amfani da 3-D kuma SketchUp za a iya gani kamar yadda yake da dangantaka da fasahar GPS. SketchUp yana da cikakken haɗin gwiwa tare da Google Earth. Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da yasa za'a canza can shine saboda Google zai iya mayar da hankalinsu a kan yin amfani da ainihin bayanai don taswirar taswirar su maimakon maimakon dogara ga yin amfani da 3-D daga masu fasaha da masu amfani. Idan haka ne, ba zasu daina buƙatar haɓaka samfurin 3-D.
Mene ne makomar nan gaba zata riƙe SketchUp? Trimble ya ce za su cigaba da miƙa kyautar samfurin. Za su ci gaba da ba da damar masu amfani don ƙirƙirar abubuwa a cikin Google 3D Warehouse. Za su ci gaba da ba da damar aiki a kan Thingverse, wanda shine abin mafi ban mamaki da zai faru da takardun aikin 3D na gida tun lokacin da aka kirkiro takardu na 3D.