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Google began as a PhD research project and their server was housed in a shell of Lego bricks[0][1]. I don't know how it could be any more toylike... [0] https:

by fsloth 8y ago

Google began as a PhD research project and their server was housed in a shell of Lego bricks[0][1]. I don't know how it could be any more toylike... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google#/media/File:The_first_Google_computer_at_Stanford.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google#/media/File:... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google

hguhghuff 8y ago
Errr... playfulness at work doesn’t really provide a connection with the sort of Toy market being proposed here. Just because there were toys literally in googles fun style of work doesn’t mean they’re children literally playing with toys.
Kagerjay 8y ago
I never noticed this, but those original lego bricks are the colors of google's logo today.