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   Ok, ok, I was wrong. :)

   

   Mike (profile), Jan 6th, 2004 @ 12:39am

   
   

   Because I've been having the debate with mhh5 for four years, I'll admit that I was wrong about my belief that Google and Yahoo wouldn't compete. My original assumption was that Yahoo would continue to focus on being a portal with the best search, and Google would focus on being search. I assumed that Google wouldn't go portal.
   
   What I hadn't realized (and what many people didn't realize) was that search, itself, would become so lucrative, so fast.

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   Arrogant and obvious

   

   Steve Sanderson, Jan 6th, 2004 @ 10:26am

   
   

   "Almost 4 years ago, I was saying Google and Yahoo would either merge or be rivals. I guess they're going to be rivals.:
   
   Sorry, but this sounds soooooo arrogant! It's always been obvious that this would happen, and to say "I told you so" just smacks of arrogance - like saying "I knew the dot-com crash would happen." Duh!

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   Re: Arrogant and obvious

   

   Mike (profile), Jan 6th, 2004 @ 11:04am

   
   

   4 years ago it was anything but obvious... especially since Yahoo was using Google and had invested in them.
   
   Also, in this case, mhh5 has a record of what he said four years ago. Most people who now say they "knew" the dot com crash would happen were talking about how it would go on forever during the boom years.

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   Re: Arrogant and obvious

   

   mhh5, Jan 6th, 2004 @ 4:56pm

   
   

   Ok... Point taken. If it sounds arrogant/obvious to you, then it probably sounds arrogant/obvious to a bunch of people. My apologies. I have already promised to Mike that I will tone down my posts in the future.
   
   But you say it's "always" been obvious that Yahoo and Google would become rivals? I don't think so. I mean my "prediction" was that they would either merge or become rivals. Admittedly that's a pretty "cover my ass" sort of prediction. (And I was hoping no one would nail me for saying that.) I'm basically saying something like the stock market will either go up or down... :) Now *that* is a duh statement...
   
   So my apologies. And I'll try to refrain from saying "I told you so" when my predictions are sort of tautologous.... :)

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   Re: Ok, ok, I was wrong. :)

   

   Jeremiah, Jan 6th, 2004 @ 5:06pm

   
   

   "...Google and Yahoo would either merge or be rivals.."
   
   C'mon, this is like saying the sun is either going to rise or set. At the end of the day, you can't be wrong.
   
   Here, I'll make a prediction: The U.S. may or may not annex Canada.

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   Re: Ok, ok, I was wrong. :)

   

   mhh5, Jan 6th, 2004 @ 5:13pm

   
   

   Ah, you got me just after I posted... I knew someone was going to point that out...
   
   Ok, so no more "I told you so" tautologies! I get it!

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   That's not a prediction..

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jan 7th, 2004 @ 7:50am

   
   

   "tomrrow, it is either going to rain or not going to rain"... duh.
   
   I fail to see how your "prediction" was a stroke of brilliance.

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   Re: That's not a prediction..

   

   mhh5, Jan 7th, 2004 @ 1:23pm

   
   

   Ok. I think we've beaten this horse far into the afterlife. I didn't think I was saying I was brilliant. (And certainly, no one believe it now...) I was just pointing out that I said Yahoo and Google had similiar goals back when it was arguably not obvious.
   
   

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   Re: That's not a prediction..

   

   Anonimo, Feb 24th, 2004 @ 12:08pm

   
   

   i agree with you.

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