In other news, ebay doesn't let me put their auctions on my website, nor does NYT let me put their stories on my website. This article is basically saying Goog

In other news, ebay doesn't let me put their auctions on my website, nor does NYT let me put their stories on my website. This article is basically saying Google should open up its search results so other people can profit off Google's work. Google would rather profit themselves, as I'm sure all of their shareholders would agree. And this is doubly a poor example because by keeping their results "closed," Google didn't destroy the idea of open search results. Yahoo was happy to step in with their BOSS service, and if you are looking for an open search API you are free to use that, something which makes Yahoo + Google happy.