Same here, and it's one of the most interesting pieces I've read in a while.

> This story was news to me, and I haven't seen it in a couple of years here.

Which is it?

Pretty sure the meaning of the sentence is, "It's was news to me, I haven't seen it posted here during the couple years I've been a member"

Interestingly, he was also a close mentor to Larry Page and Sergey Brin :)

> Interestingly, he was also a close mentor to Larry Page and Sergey Brin

The probably derived their "Don't be evil" from taking the reciprocal of what Steve Jobs "mentored" them.

uh... and how's that working out.

Come on, "Don't be evil" is just clever marketing that a lot of people fell for at first, and some still do.

Absolutely! This sort of jingoism at corporate level, the sort of moral imperative front-facing cleverly marketed idealism is the new religion, I swear. I can understand when a company puts itself "out there" with "Being the best" or "Customer first" or some bullshit like that. But when the rhetoric enters the realm of good ol' fashioned morality and talks about Good and Evil .. yoh! ... Our bs sensors should now be howling, thanks to companies like Google.

Please tell us what you REALLY think. :)

Not true. He was a distant mentor, not a close mentor. He did the same for Zuckerberg.