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To: Jeff Dryer who wrote (7726)	6/20/1999 9:03:00 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Please do not even look at Yahoo again. They are so far behind SI it's pathetic. I left Yahoo, because it was terrible! All they do is swear, lie, and change their names. As for the little rectangle, I really think these people need to get a life. Three days and how many post about that? In the whole scheme of things will this help or hurt GNET? That should be all we're worried about. R

To: Jeff Dryer who wrote (7726)	6/20/1999 9:15:00 PM
From: levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Jeff what about the speed issue I brought up as compared to the Y site? Is that just unique to me being a Mac user?..sure when we get cable or other high speed lines that will meet our needs but for now over ordinary phone lines response time seems a bit slow

To: Jeff Dryer who wrote (7726)	6/20/1999 9:59:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

it's not just Yahoo Finance, but also Yahoo Auctions (a complete copy of eBay), Yahoo email, and the whole Yahoo portal is a copy-cat version of AOL... I agree that most of what they've done recently just copies the good ideas of others, but that last item? I don't think that one is fair. The first time I saw Yahoo's "portal" was in 1994 (and it might even have been late in '93), long before AOL even offered access to the web. The page was a lynx-enhanced text-only collection of reviews and links to many of the sites on the web. It wasn't called a "portal" then, but it was clearly an early version of the concept created before almost anyone else. GNN also had a good index, and a few of the search engines were already running, but the boys at Yahoo were leading the pack back then. Oh, and it's clear that you guys have set the standard for a long time on financial discussion. Nobody else even comes close.

To: Jeff Dryer who wrote (7726)	6/20/1999 10:39:00 PM
From: Robert Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Great post, Jeff. It is a privelege for us to engage in such dialogue with management. Kinda like Ted David responding to CNBC slams on the SI forum. EBAY is rumored to read posts on its SI thread, but does not respond to them directly. Wetherwell interacted with posters on its Yahoo thread in Aug 98, but by and large such dialogue is very rare and a sign to me of very enlightened self-interest on gnet's part. It certainly contributes to my confidence in your stock. <Yahoo is probably the biggest copy-cat organization on the Web, yet most people rave about how innovative Yahoo is... it's not just Yahoo Finance, but also Yahoo Auctions (a complete copy of eBay), Yahoo email, and the whole Yahoo portal is a copy-cat version of AOL... in many respects just not as good. > In Feb '99, I attended an investors forum featuring Steve Harmon. He essentially said the same thing. Nevertheless, I must give Yahoo credit for penetrating this market as well as they have, despite being second or less to market. <so they built the Yahoo Finance message boards to function almost identical to SI, except the quality of posts isn't as high over at Yahoo > The last phrase is understatement at its most egregious <g>. The high quality of SI posts is about being first to market, and the power of Community, as I suggested in an earlier post. Interesting point re: comparison charting. And of course the example chart you include speaks volumes as to why I am long yahoo, but longer gnet. I have no doubt the latter will far outperform the former going forward. On Friday, I purchased 40 shares of gnet as a birthday gift for my daughter. As I've mentioned on a couple other threads, when she graduates from college in 2006, I figure she can buy a house with it :).

To: Jeff Dryer who wrote (7726)	6/21/1999 2:43:00 AM
From: Dany Tremblay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Jeff, that was a most interesting wake-up call in regards to Yahoo!'s financial site. But, since they now show links to various brokers at the top of any portfolio, isn't SI doing a little copying of its own? So, in regards to your comment "SI was first to provide quote, chart, news links from discussion messages", how about if we tacked on a "trade" link to that series? What if that link simply led to a quick page of user definable brokers? That could be useful.