[COFF] Happy birthday, Google...

[Grant Taylor]

On 09/03/2018 06:45 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> There is some confusion over the name "Google"; some say that someone 
> couldn't spell the mathematical number "googol" (10**100), and others 
> claim that is was a joke on their part, which I suspect is revisionist 
> history.
> 
> I would appreciate a correction, and need I point out that a web 
> reference may not cut the mustard?

The official story inside Google is that the name discrepancy was on 
purpose.  I don't know the motivation behind it.  But I have no doubt 
that it was deliberate.



-- 
Grant. . . .
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