StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoGoogle ad on a magazine from 1999i.redd.itimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1987arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: nostalgia@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1971arrow-down1imageGoogle ad on a magazine from 1999i.redd.itStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nostalgia@lemmy.ca
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22055566 Google ad on a magazine from 1999 Author: /u/Away_Flounder3813 Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·6 months agoI wonder if this is the actual philosophy Google had at the time or if they always planned to be what they are now.
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·6 months agoThere 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.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoI 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.
I wonder if this is the actual philosophy Google had at the time or if they always planned to be what they are now.
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.
Don’t be evil, you know.
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.