We started putting together a "hotlist"
of favorite sites from David and myself,
and we called it "Jerry's Guide to
the World Wide Web" Before we knew
it, people from all over the world were
using this database that we created.
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Yang - Yahoo!
In June 1994, while it is still our hobby,
we renamed it "yahoo" to stand
for "yet another hierarchical officious
oracle".
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Yang - Yahoo!
First and foremost, the internet is unique
since it is THE only interactive medium
-- and that's important because from a content,
service, and communications perspective,
we web folks try to take advantage of that
interactivity.
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Yang - Yahoo!
David and I and the rest of the Yahoos here
really believe that the internet should
remain as free as possible. At the same
time we are a business and have fiscal responsibilities.
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Yang - Yahoo!
We hope that the internet becomes even more
affordable and more ubiquitous over time,
and our mission at Yahoo! is to continue
to keep our services available AND useful
on all these platforms.
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Yang - Yahoo!
I think that it's always possible to have
a great company if you have great ideas.
I will say that since the web has become
more commercialized, it also takes some
good financial resources to build a great
business, but as I always say, you have
to have the idea first.
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Yang - Yahoo!
I hope that the internet will get to become
ubiquitous and affordable, and if that's
achieved, I think it'll be a big part of
people's lives - for the better.
Jerry
Yang - Yahoo!
I have to say I was a bit shocked to see
myself on the cover (TIME magazine). It's
really not my style since Yahoo! is something
built by a lot more people than just me..
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Yang - Yahoo!
We are very much believers that the web
is an open environment, and we need to make
sure that people can find all kinds of different
stuff through Yahoo!, and not necessarily
keeping people within Yahoo!
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Yang - Yahoo!
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