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To: John Carson who wrote (7774)	3/4/1998 2:16:00 AM
From: Sowbug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

No, I do not see YHOO as the foundation of the internet a few years from now. Fair enough (to clarify, I said "one of the foundations," not "the foundation," but I don't think that would change your answer). There has to be some sort of economic principle saying that even if something is a commodity (as you say search engines are), the first one to get there is most likely to control it or at least be a major player in selling it. My bet is that Lycos was the first search engine, but it appears that Yahoo was the first major one to commercialize it, so in that sense Yahoo was the first. You may be right that Microsoft will, in the blink of an eye, change its default search URL to point exclusively to a MS search engine, and then Yahoo might be in trouble. But I already own Microsoft stock, and my financial adviser says to diversify! So, wanting to invest in search engines (which I think are a necessary part of the Internet), I'm betting on the leader in the race right now.