From: "John Beamish" 



Two totally different models.  MS is a "distributed platform"
model; Google is a "mainframe" model:  update the code in one
location and everybody accessing the site uses the updated code.

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:28:11 -0400, Richard B.  wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:12:43 -0400, "John Beamish"
>  wrote:
>
>> When asked about it, Bill apparently replied that he was
>> paranoid that someone would take over their space and he wanted to be
>> able
>> to operate the company without any revenue for a full year.
>
> The way things are going he may want a friendly takeover by Google.
>
> - Richard

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