• papalonian@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I wonder if this is the actual philosophy Google had at the time or if they always planned to be what they are now.

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      5 months ago

      There will always be a difference between the two-things-in-a-basement mentality and the oh-god-won’t-somebody-think-of-the-shareholders mentality.

    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some kind of Steve Wozniak / Steve Jobs split personality thing going on. Maybe one or the other person involved were serious about the “don’t be evil” thing. But the others were not.