Chrome cocreator debunks notion of Chrome as "a rogue Google product"

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Post by zeptonaut22 » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 6:42 PM UTC

Chrome cocreator debunks notion of Chrome as "a rogue Google product"
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Re: Chrome cocreator debunks notion of Chrome as "a rogue Google product"

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Post by zeptonaut22 » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 6:42 PM UTC

Interesting to read: I've always heard of Chrome and Gmail as two Google products that were the shining examples of "look at what these wacky engineers went off and built!"

It seems like that notion may be a bit romanticized.

Re: Chrome cocreator debunks notion of Chrome as "a rogue Google product"

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Post by lysace » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 6:46 PM UTC

zeptonaut22 wrote: post #2

Interesting to read: I've always heard of Chrome and Gmail as two Google products that were the shining examples of "look at what these wacky engineers went off and built!" It seems like that notion may be a bit romanticized.

They way I remember hearing it: Larry and Sergey drove its creation.

Eric Schmidt snippet: https://x.com/vijayshekhar/status/1396504951048732679

Re: Chrome cocreator debunks notion of Chrome as "a rogue Google product"

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Post by zeptonaut22 » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 7:28 PM UTC

lysace wrote: post #3

zeptonaut22 wrote: post #2

Interesting to read: I've always heard of Chrome and Gmail as two Google products that were the shining examples of "look at what these wacky engineers went off and built!" It seems like that notion may be a bit romanticized.

They way I remember hearing it: Larry and Sergey drove its creation. Eric Schmidt snippet: https://x.com/vijayshekhar/status/1396504951048732679

That's amazing. Thanks for sharing a more informative link than the one I found!