Brett_Tabke - 11:57 am on May 20, 2002 (gmt 0)

>Does the AOL/Netscape/ODP relationship come into this?

If I were AOL, I would have REQUIRED the ODP to continue on Google as part of any agreement.

For me, if Google drops the ODP, I would lose some respect for them. The ODP is one of the things that keeps Google clean and within the playing field of thier mission statement.