Subject: re: server or e-mail From: dowjone!rexb (Rex Ballard) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 10:04:04 EDT

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> From: jvncnet!panix.com!triggp (Peter J. Trigg)
> Subject: re: server or e-mail
> 
> I would agree that the reader is going to want material delivered.=
>  The provider is going to be better off as well if the material is=
>  delivered automatically rather than the subscriber having to go=
>  looking for something.
> Just a thought....
> Peter

The user simply wants to be able to point to a highlighted part of an
article and have that reference appear.  He wants to be able to ask
every server in the world what information is available on
a group of keywords and have the most relevant information dilivered first.
They may also want to track any new information on that subject, especially
if it is a rapidly changing and emerging market/product/service.

How that information is retrieved is of very little interest to the person
pointing, clicking, and typing.  For all they care, elves could type the
information back very quickly and they would be happy.

They also don't want to have to pay a lot for what they get, or spend
a lot of time reading stuff they aren't interested in.  The trick is
really -- picking the best 20 stories out of 30 million stories and delivering
it withing 2 seconds.
> 

	Rex Ballard.


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