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To: Sonny who wrote (12336)	7/9/1998 1:41:00 AM
From: Omnivore	Respond to of 27307

Technically, the value of yahoo is not the code but the indices. However, there is a large amount of code involved in efficiently searching and caching the large amount of information involved. It is the data that is the value and it can't be easily replicated. Replicating Yahoo would be difficult, for anyone. You might gather the 50 million sites, but reproducing the organization is non-trivial. Ever use some search engines that only have keyword search? Seen all those duplicate and non-germaine entries? Enjoy scrolling over 500 matches?

To: Sonny who wrote (12336)	7/9/1998 8:38:00 AM
From: Tom Klempay	Respond to of 27307

Hi Sonny, Microsoft has the fastest programmers on the planet. I know you're not soliciting responses, but as a veteran of software development, I have to laugh at this comment. Let's see, Windows95 was originally scheduled for release in 1993, Windows98 was slated for late '96/early '97 release, NT 5.0 has already slipped 9 months with probably another 12 months before it is released. Oh yeah, you know the Start portal that everyone's worried about, that was originally scheduled for release last fall. I could go on with other examples of slow development, but I think you get the point. There is nothing fast about the MS software development. The programmers might be fast but the process is ssssllllllooooowwwwwww! -tk