David_Gerard comments on How much was creating Google worth? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 03 June 2013 11:25:48AM 1 point [-]

I found the difference remarkable and spectacular.

Comment author: gjm 03 June 2013 03:59:27PM 0 points [-]

Did the two of you switch at different times? (If so, that might give some information about how long it would have taken for someone else to improve as much as Google did -- though they might have improved slower with less competitive pressure.)

Comment author: David_Gerard 04 June 2013 01:37:07PM -1 points [-]

I started using Google in early 1999, when it still had "Stanford search" on the front.