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Old 10-25-2003, 01:48 PM  
WiredGuy
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Originally posted by KRL
What don't you like about them going public?
SE companies that aimed for relevancy first have typically not done that well once they went public, like Altavista, Inktomi. Companies that aimed for profit first (like Overture) have done well, but its a struggle between relevancy and profit and when you're public it seems profit becomes the goal and I fear that will make Google lose its ground.

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