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> I mean Google started as a non-profit and basically defined the search engine and it's tools. Then it went private, continued briefly, and has slid more and m
by cbsmith 3y ago
> I mean Google started as a non-profit and basically defined the search engine and it's tools. Then it went private, continued briefly, and has slid more and more into yet another corporate rent-seeker ever since.
Wait, when was Google a non-profit?
- ToucanLoucan 3y agoStarted as a research grant-based program at Stanford in 1995. Three years later it became a company after building the basic product to a launch-ready state.
- cbsmith 3y agoAh, you mean before it was called Google. Honestly, the non-profit engine was not nearly as good as the one the subsequent for profit business created.