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mmooss 5 hours ago

Rob Pike is not a 'Googler' by birth or fame or identity. He was at Bell Labs and was on the team that created Unix, led the team creating Plan 9, co-created UTF-8, and did a bunch more - all long before Google existed. He was a legend before he deigned to join them and lend them his credibility.

eru 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Eh, and it was arguably a mistake to let him force Go on the rest of the organisation by way of starpower.

somekyle2 5 hours ago | parent [-]

"force" seems a bit strong, as I remember it.

thatoneguy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, I remember it being a fourth option alongside the others but I quit just before Google lost its serifs and its soul