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John Doerr Disclaims Rumored GBrowser

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Browser? by Dr+Caleb · · 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 · · 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 · · 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 · · 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.

  2. normal trademark behavior by Speare · · 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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  3. Is anyone keeping score? by TrollBridge · · 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 · · 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.

  4. Re:nlookup so you wont have by TCM · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  5. Re:nlookup so you wont have by Anonymous Coward · · 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... ;)

  6. There is no spoon by wuice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com

    Just to keep you fuckers guessing.

  7. Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by justplainchips · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft had public good will?

  8. other google domains by sadangel · · 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!