AP -- MeAmI.org Paces Google

François Grondin francois.dot.grondin at bpr-cso.dot.com
Fri Jul 10 11:20:48 EDT 2009


"David Bernier" <david250 at videotron.ca> a écrit dans le message de news: 
h36ki102d7m at news5.newsguy.com...
> Musatov wrote:
>> On Jul 9, 7:54 pm, David Bernier <david... at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>> Musatov wrote:
>>>> Los Angeles (AP) --MeAmI.org now has users in 50 countries following
>>>> its adopted use in Pakistan.  The search engine has grown in
>>>> popularity 10,000 fold following its Beta test launch three months ago
>>>> in April, 2009. Supporters of the site claim it is better than rival
>>>> Google upon which platform it is based. Controversy arose after
>>>> MeAmI.org search code allowed users to search other users Google
>>>> results with no advertising. "It is truly an innovative thing we are
>>>> doing," said Founder and CEO, Martin Musatov. "Letting users search
>>>> the results of other Google users immediately results in a level of
>>>> accuracy and relevance above and beyond Google." Google changed their
>>>> API following the launch or MeAmI.org and explored the possibility of
>>>> blocking site access from MeAmI.org to Google search results but was
>>>> unable to do so. Critics of MeAmI.org say what it is doing is
>>>> tantamount to intellectual theft. When asked about this topper Musatov
>>>> exclaimed, "The Internet was made for people, not companies." An
>>>> analyst at Goldman Sachs says, requesting to remain anonymous,
>>>> "MeAmI.org has a strong presence in promoting itself as a vehicle for
>>>> global activism and to tell you the truth, this makes it much more
>>>> likely an acquisition target than potential intellectual property
>>>> violator." Google could not be reached for comment.
>>> Mr. Musatov,  do you know who originally wrote the
>>> article above?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> David Bernier- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Mr. Musatov, do you know the name of the person who
> originally wrote the article above?
>
> Thank you.
>
> David Bernier

Maybe Mr. Musatov should answer the following questions instead :
1. Did you write the article above?
2. If not, who did? And I don't want AP as the answer, but the name of the 
journalist.

David, don't take it bad, but he answered your question with an accurate 
answer (yes), You gave him the opportunity to avoid the real answer and he 
took it. Based on Musatov's strange behavior and logic, don't expect more 
from him. Ask anyone else the same question and you'd get a real answer.

BTW, my guess for question 2 would be the Masked Logician, Floetry, 
scriber77, or Professor X.

Francois 





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