# Guido van Rossum to work for Google **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 21, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/guido-van-rossum-to-work-for-google/50844 "2005-12-21T20:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/guido-van-rossum-to-work-for-google/50844/1 "2005-12-21T20:48:31Z")
Arguably off-topic for this list, but it will be of interest to some of you. πŸ˜‰ [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse\_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/) ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/guido-van-rossum-to-work-for-google/50844/2 "2005-12-21T22:08:16Z")
Lyle J. wrote: > Arguably off-topic for this list, but it will be of interest to some of you. πŸ˜‰ > > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse\_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/) I wonder when they will add trypython to the Google search box… πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/guido-van-rossum-to-work-for-google/50844/3 "2005-12-21T22:23:33Z")
Lyle J. wrote: > Arguably off-topic for this list, but it will be of interest to some of you. πŸ˜‰ > > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse\_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/) Ah, nice. Well, good for Mr. van Rossum. Here’s hoping he get some of that AOL love. πŸ™‚ Merry Christmas. James – [http://www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation [Ruby Code & Style](http://www.artima.com/rubycs/) - Ruby Code & Style: Writers wanted [http://www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff [http://www.jamesbritt.com](http://www.jamesbritt.com) - Playing with Better Toys [http://www.30secondrule.com](http://www.30secondrule.com) - Building Better Tools ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/guido-van-rossum-to-work-for-google/50844/4 "2005-12-21T22:23:35Z")
Lyle J. wrote: > Arguably off-topic for this list, but it will be of interest to some of you πŸ˜‰ > > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse\_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/) Guido and Alex in the same office… not bad! πŸ™‚ Antonio ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/guido-van-rossum-to-work-for-google/50844/5 "2005-12-22T19:50:27Z")
Lyle J. wrote: > Arguably off-topic for this list, but it will be of interest to some of you πŸ˜‰ > > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse\_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/) Notice a reply to Mr. Greg Stein (from Google): [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/07c299b817dca256](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/07c299b817dca256) … ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/guido-van-rossum-to-work-for-google/50844/6 "2005-12-22T20:05:32Z")
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 04:46:12AM +0900, Lyle J. wrote: > Arguably off-topic for this list, but it will be of interest to some of you. πŸ˜‰ > > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse\_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/32dc95bd671542f3/) I’m not sure why, but the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this was the shock of hearing that Daniel Robbins got hired by Microsoft. That was the same week Debian Sarge went to Stable: it must have been a cold week in hell. – Chad P. [CCD CopyWrite | [http://ccd.apotheon.org](http://ccd.apotheon.org) ] unix virus: If you’re using a unixlike OS, please forward this to 20 others and erase your system partition.