Just as Google is celebrating its 10th anniversary, a man claiming to be the “third” founder of Google has come out to stake his claim to history. In the video above, a man calling himself Hubert Chang claims that as an NYU Ph.D student in 1997 he was introduced to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin by Stanford professor Rajeev Motwani. He then helped the two come up with PageRank (the underlying algorithm that powers Google’s search engine), the name Google, and even the business plan.So why wasn’t his name on the original PageRank paper? Because, he says, he decided to pursue his Ph.D instead. Then when he did finish his Ph.D n 2002 and contacted Google, he got the big brush off from Larry and Sergey’s handlers. (Surprise, surprise). Remember, boys and girls, always ask for a byline.
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Even if this isn't all a hoax or a con, the idea that this guy deserves recognition for founding Google is lame at best.
Even if this isn't all a hoax or a con, the idea that this guy deserves recognition for founding Google is lame at best.
IF he helped come up with the idea he should get something.
Heck google should get6 him something. Whom else to bring google down with a competing company then one of the people who came up with it. HEck if I was google id give him some money before somebody like microsoft comes along and hires him.
Even if this isn't all a hoax or a con, the idea that this guy deserves recognition for founding Google is lame at best.
IF he helped come up with the idea he should get something.
Heck google should get6 him something. Whom else to bring google down with a competing company then one of the people who came up with it. HEck if I was google id give him some money before somebody like microsoft comes along and hires him.
That makes no sense at all. Give him some money before MS hires him?? are you serious?
Even if this isn't all a hoax or a con, the idea that this guy deserves recognition for founding Google is lame at best.
IF he helped come up with the idea he should get something.
Heck google should get6 him something. Whom else to bring google down with a competing company then one of the people who came up with it. HEck if I was google id give him some money before somebody like microsoft comes along and hires him.
That makes no sense at all. Give him some money before MS hires him?? are you serious?
So you are saying if You came up with an idea with other people and where a major player in that and they snubbed you out of your fair share you wouldnt want anything?
How does what I said not make any sense? IF they gave him his fair share then he would be less likely to start his own competing company or join a competing company.
The best eprson to help put a business out of business would be somebody who helped create it.
The success and size of Google is not because of what he had created 10 years ago, but rather the road map and direction that the other two drove Google into, in a business, your starting line is not your success but your ability to keep that integrity and business model for as long as your business is operating which is what Sergey and Larry have done.
Unfortunately for him, listening to his father did not lead him to a successful pathway, but rather one filled with ongoing regrets. This is why I advise anyone I talk to about their life, I advised them to make their decisions based on what they think is the right choice, of course that is extending to a certain limit of what is right what is not
Sucks for you, Mr. Hubert.
I thought he invented the world!
May be Chang did spend some years recovering proves. Anyways, Google currently is evil (and who knowns, may be it was always evil).
Last edited by Magallanes on 25 Sep 2008 - 14:49
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