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    • July 25, 2012

    Wrong Spelling for default answer

    — devadutta @ 12:22 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1343218972 ) Play
    2012-08-06

    This professor accidentally (re)named a company after getting their spelling wrong. Who is he, which company and where did he get the spelling wrong. AutoRaja will be happy with company name.

    Cracked by: Anjul , Amarendra Kumar , Manish Achuth , Jayaprakash B R , bhargava , Ananth , mankuTimma , KK , manas , Sumanth Patlolla , vishwanath , Rogi and Jinz

    Answer:
    David Cheriton, who wrote a $100,000 check for “Google” instead of “Googol”

    Points assigned by AutoRaja. Review by lazy humans pending.

    14 Responses to “Wrong Spelling for default answer”

    1. Anjul
      2
      1
      1

      Google


    2. Amarendra Kumar
      1

      David Cheriton
      Google Inc. (added “Inc.”)


    3. Manish Achuth
      16
      9
      8

      David Cheriton. Who gave google their first paycheck. Hence wrong spelling.


    4. Andy Bechtolsheim. Google from Googol


    5. bhargava

      Google


    6. Ananth
      4
      5
      9

      David Cheriton
      Google
      Guess he got it wrong on the cheque he wrote. It was the first funding Google got.


    7. mankuTimma
      1

      Google


    8. KK
      1
      4
      5

      David Cheriton
      google


    9. manas
      1

      Google


    10. Sumanth Patlolla
      27
      8
      7

      David Cheriton – not sure of the company though :|


    11. vishwanath

      google


    12. Rogi
      48
      10
      5

      David Cheriton from Stanford and Google


    13. Rogi
      48
      10
      5

      Or… Is AutoRaja looking for Googol


    14. Jinz

      Google


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