troels_nybo_nielsen - 7:40 am on Mar 22, 2004 (gmt 0)

certain enterprises pride themselves in not being just *plain* democratic, but *uniquely* democratic.

Might I venture to ask you to be more specific? It would really be interesting to know who you are talking about. It would also be interesting to see some kind of documentation.

Before you joined us as a member I took part in one of the most absurd threads that I have read at WebmasterWorld. One member whose name I have happily forgotten stated that Google had described themselves in terms very much the same as those that you refer to. I asked where this was done and two or three people pointed to a page where Google did certainly *not* say anything like that.

Sorry, Yidaki, for bringing the thread off topic. The problem that your original post deals with certainly seems to be serious for Google, but I cannot claim to have any real understanding of the technicalities in it.