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January 16, 2004
Because I can read a Yahoo employee ranting - in public - about the disingenuous behavior of his CEO. Thanks, Jeremy!
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Reader Jeremy Writes: [Yahoo] couldn't get off the crack pipe...the Paid Inclusion model. It failed *everywhere*. [It] still can't get off the crack.
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“ But there is still a need for a search engine that is general. Not for shoes, not for houses, but ...”» - says
“ What, my information need (about the Velvet Revolution) sounds like scifi to you? That should not b ...”» - says
“ Yes, that sounds like scifi to me. :) nmw ...”» - says
“ I think where we disagree, nmw, is that I still see the need for general purpose search engines. Fo ...”» - says
“ Well, AFAIK, there are about 1x10^100 information sources possible per TLD (give or take a couple ze ...”» - says
“ Presently, people seem to act like the only way to get information out of the Internet is to go b ...”» - says
“ Errata: 1. for the same reason full-text LC search would be inappropriate 2. no choice but ...”» - says
“ I am referring to the Internet. ;D Presently, people seem to act like the only way to get informati ...”»
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Yeah, that's gotta be good for job security. Everybody THINKS they can do a better job than the higher-ups...
I dunno. I think Zawodny is a braver man than I. Maybe he has something in writing from Yahoo that states they don't mind whatever he writes about them in his blog. Hopefully they don't do a Michael Hanscom on him :-)
If my employer tries to censor my thoughts and writing, I'll simply find a new employer. Life's too short for that kind of crap.
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