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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (104318)5/29/2000 10:37:00 AM
From: dbblg  Respond to of 164684
 
>>any moron can program a web crawler to accumulate a search engine data
base.

True, and lots did. (Remember, the Y.A. in Yahoo stand for "Yet Another".) Search was critical in gaining their audience; losing their audience now would be pretty difficult.

>>not any moron can put together the capital and labor to manufacture farm machinery or
satellites or construction cranes.

Agreed on the labor, not so sure about the capital. At any rate, it is worth pointing out that any moron can't run a manufacturing business. The numbers in those businesses turn scary very quickly in a downturn.



To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (104318)5/29/2000 10:50:00 AM
From: 10K a day  Respond to of 164684
 
"But not any moron can put together the capital and labor to manufacture farm machinery or satellites or construction cranes."

Sure...Why Not...My Farm Machinery...and my Satellite....I use them every DAY...(I know everybody else does)....I don't think I could Survive Without My Construction Crane.



To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (104318)5/29/2000 8:48:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
>>any moron can program a web crawler

Sarmad, Do you know what "forty-percent operating margins" means? Do you have any clue how difficult and exceptionally rare an achievement that is?

I thought you had a head on your shoulders, Sarmad.