Google founders originally believed search should be non-profit
Google founders originally believed search should be non-profit
“All the recent debate about the Google index and newspapers, and Google’s interest (and problems) in indexing out-of-print books, would all be a much different discussion if the Google index were run as a non-profit. And it is rather ironic to note that Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, strongly believed that search engines should not be commercial enterprises. [...] The problem with the Google search engine at the time, Lent recalls, is that Larry and Sergey didn’t want to commercialize it, and Lent was anxious to become an entrepreneur. Their mantra at the time was more socialistic than entrepreneurial. Originally, ‘Don’t be evil’ was ‘Don’t go commercial’.”
Google founders originally believed search should be non-profit
