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Google Purchases Its First Home

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lets-all-crash-on-the-couch dept.

noparkingzone writes "ZDnet is reporting that Google has purchased the garage that the company first called home for an undisclosed sum. The Menlo Park structure was owned by a friend of one of Brin's girlfriends. Leased to Serge and Brin by Susan Wojcicki for around $1,700 per month in 1998, the original Googleplex is intended to be preserved as part of the company's living history."

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  1. $1,700 a month? by Dan+East · · Score: 4, Insightful

    $1,700 month to rent a garage? That much a month would cover the entire house (and utilities) in this part of the USA.

    Dan East

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    1. Re:$1,700 a month? by jeffmeden · · Score: 4, Insightful

      No kidding! For that price in Ohio I could get a *huge* garage (w/ attached house), and still have money left over for cable internet (and like 15 digital pr0n channels, er I mean cinemax). $1700/mo 'help with the mortgage' makes me choke.

  2. That's cool and all... by xENoLocO · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... but is it really front page news?

    I mean, I congratulate the couple on their new house, but come on... :)

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    1. Re:That's cool and all... by supremebob · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No, it's not. This is the kind of crap that I'd expect to see on Digg, not Slashdot.

      Oh, you can go ahead and mod my comment down now. I have the karma points to spare.

  3. Was it a special garage? by pembo13 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    $1700 seems steep, even for today's standards.

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  4. Talk about ridiculous.... by CPE1704TKS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I love Google as much as anyone else, but talk about utterly self-indulgent. Yes, they are cool, but they are no HP, not yet anyway. Once they get to 20 years old and contributed as much as HP has over the decades, THEN start worrying about keeping track of your legacy. Right now, all they are is a great search engine, great mail service, and bunch of free (but cool) software like Picasa. They are cool and convenient, but I would hardly describe Google's contributions as important or essential... not yet. If they disappeared overnight, people would be a bit pissed, but every single one of their contributions could be replaced by another service.