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Re: Sergey Brin's Home Page

#13

Did/could Stanford claim any IP on Google?

They've paid Stanford at least $337 Million in royalties for the original Google algorithm: https://news.stanford.edu/thedish/?p=19621

Ouch. Current market value on 1.8 million shares = $2,154,600,000. I think they managed that rather poorly (I understand it's common for investment funds / trusts / endowments - which perhaps the IP was held by - to liquidate soon after an IPO, but I'd think a university like Stanford could have more patience).

Re: Sergey Brin's Home Page

#15
I think I went to google.stanford.edu for years after google.com existed.

Those were the very end of the days where I could spend hours following links to the corners of the (much smaller) WWW. Now, if I let myself go down those holes, it happens on Wikipedia or Youtube.

Re: Sergey Brin's Home Page

#19

I'm bummed that his brother's Geocities website is no longer live.

http://web.archive.org/web/20000823135932/http://www.geociti... AND http://web.archive.org/web/19990129053912/http://www.geociti...

Oh god, Geocities e-federations with black background and neon fonts in tables. Nostalgia pangs are coming on heavy, I need to go lie down.
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