I never disputed that (I think I actually said "ads are money" ;). Google story is peculiar because their founders started with "ads are evil" mantra. If it wa

I never disputed that (I think I actually said "ads are money" ;). Google story is peculiar because their founders started with "ads are evil" mantra. If it wasn't for that (and support for free software communities), us geeks would not have recommended Google to everyone and their dog over Altavista, Yahoo or whatever else was there at the time. We certainly would not have gotten our non-techy pops and grandmas to use the Google of today. At some point, I was proud to wear a Google shirt I got from them during the early days.