John Doerr Disclaims Rumored GBrowser

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John Doerr Disclaims Rumored GBrowser

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 6, 2004 @08:00AM from the no-recollection-of-that-no-sir dept.

iseff writes "Contrary to the rumors which have been circulating, John Doerr (VC and early investor in Google) told the Web 2.0 conference that although he believes in another browser war, Google won't be a part of it. Then again, he did say he didn't know everything that goes on at Google, even though he's on the board. Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?"

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Browser? by Dr+Caleb · 2004-10-06 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?
No it doesn't. They also registered googlesucks.com, but I don't think they feel that way about themselves.

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1. Re:Browser? by squiggleslash · 2004-10-06 08:04 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They registered Googlesucks.com? This is clear evidence they're entering the vacuum cleaner market!
  
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2. Re:Browser? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They registered Googlesucks.com? This is clear evidence they're entering the vacuum cleaner market!
  
  Crap! I was hoping it was an adult content search engine :(
3. Re:Browser? by polecat_redux · 2004-10-06 08:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They also registered googlesucks.com
  
  It's called cybersquatting. They obviously want to extort money from someone who has a legitimate reason to register googlesucks.com.
normal trademark behavior by Speare · 2004-10-06 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny
Normal operating procedure with concepts nowadays:
- discuss idea at lunch
- register five variants of the name
- consider a few features
- focus test among friends over beer
- tell management
- make a powerpoint mockup
- focus test among friends' spouses over weekend
- issue a press release denying it
- ...
Why is this news?
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Gbrowser? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Google didn't register that to produce a web browser.

No, my friends. Google registered it as a ladies' novilty underware store. The truth is out, can you handle the truth?
Is anyone keeping score? by TrollBridge · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny

So would this make Google more Evil or less Evil? Who's keeping track this week?

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1. Re:Is anyone keeping score? by rmarll · 2004-10-06 08:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  This is google's week to be good. IBM have the last week of the month, unless SCO has another press release, then they're good that week as well.
  Sun is good on all days that are multiples of 5 and evil on the 11th and 23rd of the month. When available they are evil on the 29th of February.
  I've lost track of Oracle but I think they alternate the 2nd and third weeks of the month. Microsoft is always evil unless Timothy posts the news, in which case Slashdot is evil for posting a duped story and MS passes go and collects their 200 bucks.
  
  It's incomplete but there is the rundown on the schedule as far as I can tell.
Re:nlookup so you wont have by TCM · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny

What are you doing on slashdot if you confuse nslookup and whois?

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Re:nlookup so you wont have by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:13 · Score: 5, Funny

"What are you doing on slashdot if you confuse nslookup and whois?"

At a guess, security-consulting for companies who confuse microsoft with secure software... ;)
Re:nlookup so you wont have by wuice · 2004-10-06 08:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Probably reading stories, comments, posting comments, you know.. the usual.
There is no spoon by wuice · 2004-10-06 08:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com

Just to keep you fuckers guessing.
Why did they register it? by Gothic_Walrus · 2004-10-06 08:26 · Score: 4, Funny

There's only one reason that Google registered gbrowser.com, in my mind...
They like seeing their name and logo on Slashdot's front page. One URL has garnered them two stories.
It's some very cheap publicity, isn't it? Say hat you will, but it's worked for them. :)

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Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by justplainchips · 2004-10-06 08:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Microsoft had public good will?
Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:52 · Score: 4, Funny

If only Microsoft was smart enough to register:
aindows.com
bindows.com
cindows.com
dindows.com
eindows.com
findows.com
gindows.com
hindows.com
iindows.com
jindows.com
kindows.c om
lindows.com
mindows.com
nindows.com
oindows .com
pindows.com
qindows.com
rindows.com
sindo ws.com
tindows.com
uindows.com
vindows.com
win dows.com (oh wait!)
xindows.com
yindows.com
zindows.com

They wouldn't have had to put up with a lawsuit against Lindows.
other google domains by sadangel · 2004-10-06 09:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Google has also registered:

galbums.com
gbackup.com
gbeam.com
ggovernment .com
ggroups.com
ghomepage.com
ghomepages.com
ghoroscope.com
glistings.com
gschedule.com
gsen d.com
gtaxes.com

Go crazy with that if you want to. I particularly like ggovernment.com. Clearly google is planning on starting their own "ggovernment" to overthrow conventional governments and take over the world. They must be stopped!
Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by uriber · 2004-10-06 09:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Speaking of Microsoft, I just found out that gmicrosoft.com expired yesterday.
If Google will be quick to grab it, they'll be able to create their own version of an evil monopoly!