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Alessandro Baricco ha dedicato la sua piu’ recente puntata de “I Barbari” a Google. E preannuncia una prossima puntata nella quale spieghera’ ai suoi lettori cosa e’ il pagerank.
Nel frattempo:
1)Google non e’ nato in un garage.
2)Page e Brin non hanno guadagnato con la quotazione in borsa la misera sommetta di 20 miioni di dollari

4 commenti a “URGE EDITOR”

  1. Giorgio Zarrelli dice:

    1975 to 1980 – The founding of Apple Computer

    Apple was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (and later incorporated January 3, 1977 without Wayne, who sold his share of the company back to Jobs and Wozniak) to sell the Apple I personal computer kit at US$666.66. They were hand-built in Jobs' parents' garage, and the Apple I was first shown to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club. The Apple I was delivered in June, and was paid for on delivery. Eventually 200 Apple I computers were built. The Apple I was a motherboard (with CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips), not a complete personal computer as we know it today. [citation needed]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer

    E mi ricordavo bene questo meme…il garage è l'archetipo dell'informatica vincente e torna e riappare come in un eterno ritorno utopico.

  2. alessandro longo dice:

    Zarrelli cita Nietzsche:)

    Cmq, quel pezzo sembra scritto con la mano sinistra (Computer, obbiezione…), non oso pensare quanto gliel'abbiano pagato.

  3. .mau. dice:

    Il vantaggio di chiamarsi Baricco.

  4. 50enne bancario dice:

    La prima a nascere in garage fu l'HP…