Followup on Electric Monk

Farrell McGovern writes " Here is a followup on the previous article. It brings up some interesting questions...does Digital/Alta Vista remove references to other search engines? And if the tech doesn't take much to modify to be used on other search engines, has Digital/Alta Vista shot themselves in the foot? Another thing it points out is the conflict between the spirit of the Net, and those who would make money from it without keeping that spirit. "