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ralph on June 15, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Paul Buchheit: Insights into "Don't be evil"

Paul, originally I heard "do no evil" as the motto, then after a bit it altered into the current "don't be evil". Was it ever the former or was that just Chinese whispers at the time? Personally, I prefer it.

paul on June 15, 2007 [–]

No, it was never "do no evil" -- it just got misquoted a lot.

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