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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. ...sell, sell, sell... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Interesting

    OK, in the past few weeks we've learned that Google's founders got into a catfight over a luxury airplane, let their employees do whatever the fuck they want during work hours (Wizards of the Coast style?) and are concentrating on cementing their "early" history. I'm not a shareholder, but if I was, I'd clicking the "Sell" button as fast and often as I could...

  2. Re:New York by EVil+Lawyer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're right. In New York, you'd be lucky to get a garage for $2,500.

  3. Re:Was it a special garage? by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Interesting

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

    The simple explanation is that a.) It was being used for business and b.) They were being generous to help out a friend.

    I did a quick search of office space rentals in Cali and a 500 sq. ft. space was roughly $1,750. They might have been getting a deal. (Hot tub, etc...) I didn't actually search in the area that they were in (all those stupid sites require registration.) so really my suggestion is merely a theory.

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    "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)

  4. Like Enron? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I just follow the earnings. If they keep making money, then whatever they're doing is working.
    Like Enron? Like WorldCom? Books can be cooked; it's even fairly legal to do so over the short term. That's why analysts are always looking for other signs of health in a business.
  5. Pic of the garage here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    smh.com.au has a picture of the garage. http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/google-buys-garage- with-a-history/2006/10/02/1159641250919.html