Co-opetition Online
WHY WON'T YAHOO list the hundreds of guide sites that make up the Mining Company’s network? In an interview at Fall Internet World '97, Mining Co.’s president Scott Kurnit called Yahoo’s decision "reprehensible." "I think people should know that Yahoo, which started out as something pure, in a dorm room, isn’t what it used to be." He predicted that this was a sign of more conflicts to come, when Yahoo might refuse to list content that appears to compete with its own directory.

Interviewed by Paul Schindler

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