Webwork - 2:21 pm on Oct 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

Thank you for the introductions. Pleased to meet you all. I'm looking forward to your contributions to nurturing and growing the directory dialogue. There's so much to talk about, besides DMOZ. ;)

For those concerned about competition and competitive advantage and "keeping things to yourself" here's my take on those issues: In the great battle with the search titans for building a search democracy "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." Ben Franklin

If you are prepared to accept that we will fare better through sharing of ideas and insights, friendly cooperation and collaboration - than any other way we might co-exist - then step forward and introduce yourself. This is going to be a "lift all boats" place. If that's not consistent with who you are or how you view the world you can still stick around, hang out, lurk. You never know. You might someday view the world differently. You might even adopt the absurdist view that even in a competitive world there is and will be enough to go around . . with a little applied wisdom.

You never know. It could happen. :)

[edited by: Webwork at 2:26 pm (utc) on Oct. 8, 2006]