hutcheson - 6:26 pm on Dec 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

>I think Warner may have thought it a way to search the net which it isn't...

I don't think Warner had, has, or ever will have a clue. They were bought out by AOL. But it doesn't matter what Warner thinks. For all practical purposes still remains a separate division. And the ODP is supported by the Netscape Search group. As is typical in a large corporation, a project can remain active so long as its group sees value in it, and the corporation sees value in its group. Upper management can't, needn't, and won't understand the technical details.