Lycos's eccentric and self-destructive little action is the thin end of an unfortunate wedge: the network of corporate alliances is growing smaller and tighter, and the pressure to make portals 'sticky' (driven by competition for advertising revenues) is increasing all the time. The result is that each of these so-called 'portals' will eventually seek to lock users into a framework of information and applications that constitutes a de facto proprietary solution to the Internet - a contradiction in terms, and a recipe for extinction. Metaportals like Wonderport are the only way out of this evolutionary cul-de-sac, and will soon steal the ground from the dinosaurs...
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Lycos's eccentric and self-destructive little action is the thin end of an unfortunate wedge: the network of corporate alliances is growing smaller and tighter, and the pressure to make portals 'sticky' (driven by competition for advertising revenues) is increasing all the time. The result is that each of these so-called 'portals' will eventually seek to lock users into a framework of information and applications that constitutes a de facto proprietary solution to the Internet - a contradiction in terms, and a recipe for extinction. Metaportals like Wonderport are the only way out of this evolutionary cul-de-sac, and will soon steal the ground from the dinosaurs...