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QuentinCallaghan to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years ago

Google turns 25: From garage startup to global giant

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Google turns 25: From garage startup to global giant

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QuentinCallaghan to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years ago
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Google turns 25: From garage startup to global giant
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Google is 25 years old, and even with the rise of generative AI bots, it still dominates search. But in 1998, it was just another Silicon Valley garage project with big ideas and little credibility.
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  • @ashtrix@lemmy.ca
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    43•2 years ago

    This was no garage startup. They were using the resources of the university

    • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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      4•2 years ago

      And didn’t they have some funding from the CIA?

  • @Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    29•2 years ago

    Yeah they did it in a garage!!! What is your excuse??? You only need a garage and no cars in it!!!

    Srsly fuck that narrative.

    • @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
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      1•2 years ago

      deleted by creator

  • Chemical Wonka
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    25•2 years ago

    The “Garage Myth” attacks again…

    • snooggums
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      Parent’s 3 car garage? Wait, that was Bill Gates who was funded by wealthy family members yo get started.

      Just like pointing out college dropouts who are successful, ignoring the fact that they dropped out because the business that they had started with funds from connections was doing so well and they didn’t have enough time to finish college. Plus, they didn’t need a college degree at that point…

  • @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
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    16•2 years ago

    … to evil creep.

  • cthonctic
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    13•2 years ago

    From “don’t be evil” to “you know, what’s so bad about being evil anyway?”

  • @S13Ni@lemmy.studio
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    8•2 years ago

    Turns 25 Antitrust trials begin.

  • @snaggen@programming.dev
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    8•2 years ago

    Short about the garage myth https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/smallbusiness/1103/gallery.business_creation_myths/4.html

  • @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org
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    I remember in the 90s in college we had a guest speaker who was researching Internet searching… should have paid more attention lol

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