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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (44475)	5/1/2005 8:45:27 PM
From: Dave Budde	Respond to of 213172

If you want to read about Spotlight and OS X implementation of Metadata in particular, here is a good review: Spotlight: arstechnica.com OS X implementation of Metadata: arstechnica.com

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (44475)	5/1/2005 9:30:08 PM
From: Done, gone.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213172

isn't spotlight the same kind of technology as the google desktop? ...Apple has a superior vantage point from which to build in technology for finding files buried on the operating system, compared with third-party application makers launching products for the same purpose. [snip] "When you build it into the operating system, you can do things that you can't when it's sitting off to the side," Jobs said... Excerpts from: news.com.com