Serge and Larry's baby is ten today. I think I was one of their first users. I loved Google because the algorithm seemed to return science oriented responses. Or maybe they were just pragmatic responses and my searches were science oriented. Anyway, it seemed to me that Yahoo, Altavista, et.al. were returning more commercial than pragmatic responses a decade ago and this influenced my use.
The term "google" was really made famous by Steve Martin in one of his skits written in the era of quadraphonic audio systems. He kept upgrading his system until he bought the ultimate: a gogglephonic stereo (sic) with a moon rock needle. (Great for a car stereo but I wouldn't want in my house.) Serge and Larry made their fortune fast; but, compared to the Gates empire, they were quickly into anthropic adventures. Visit google.org for more. I'm happy to share a birthday with Google. I'm old enough to be the grandfather. :-) Terry
