Google Fans Fill Web With Buzz Over IPO: The company's refusal to comment on whether it will go public does little to dampen the buzz. For denizens of Silicon Valley and Wall Street alike, the Google IPO has been decreed a monumental event even before it happens, one that has the potential to lift the long-struggling tech sector out of its doldrums.
"It's way better than even money that this is the IPO of the decade," said Roger McNamee, a managing director of the tech-oriented private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. "Everybody and their grandmother knows Google. Demand is going to be off the charts."
