I empathize with that feeling, but would point out that if they were people, Intel would be getting yearly prostate screenings, Accenture would be retired, and Nintendo would be dead.

Accenture would be in the witness protection program or jail.

Google would be entering puberty, Microsoft and Apple would be bowling buddies, Yahoo would be a college student with a major in a dead language, YC would be the guy everyone wants to be friends, eBay would be a flea market sales person, and Craigslist would be one of those 2-for-1 prostitutes. (:

Yes, but since Intel does seem to be still standing, they would pass a prostrate screening.

However, they might want a prostate screening. Indeed, as I recall, Andy Grove did.

Oh, for sure. The web still feels so young though, but I suppose there is no reason these companies would not be able to move with technology as it dramatically changes, as the companies you mention have (particularly Nintendo).

speaking of which, what are some of the oldest web services that are still prominent today? iirc Amazon is approaching 20 years.

I enumerated several here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5740969. They're all between 14 and 20 years old.

I'm sure people once felt the same way about the notion of "cars and planes made by companies and not gentlemen-adventurers".

30 year tech companies do exist though. Apple & Microsoft for example.