Google's Response to Our Letter #1

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Lively Support Team <help@lively.com> wrote:


Dear Citizens of Lively,
Yesterday we received your letters, and we wanted to thank you forsharing your feedback and ideas on the future of Lively. The LivelyZenswebsite, rooms, and blog posts have been making the rounds internally.We truly appreciate your passion for the product.


The decision to shut down Lively was a difficult one, but in the end, itwas a question of setting priorities. We've always believed inexperimenting and taking risks, and Lively is an example of this. However,as a company, it's important for us to focus resources on our corebusiness of search, ads, and apps. This is why we've decided to shut downthe product.


We are considering several alternatives with respect to Lively'stechnology, however we have nothing to announce at this time.


We'll continue to communicate our plans and shutdown time line through theLively help group (http://groups.google.com/group/lively-help).


Again, thank you for contacting us.


Best regards,

Google