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color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=110465903-17122010>I haven't used
Del.icio.us myself recently but I would guess a number of folks on this list
have...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=110465903-17122010><SPAN
class=110465903-17122010><A
href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/16/is-yahoo-shutting-down-del-icio-us/"
target=_blank><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/16/is-yahoo-shutting-down-del-icio-us/</FONT></A><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=110465903-17122010>So
this will be very bad news for them. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=110465903-17122010>It
also raises the obvious question that Internet based functionalities may be too
important to be left to the whims and financial fortunes of private companies
(think about say gmail or email over all and whether it should not be treated as
a public service in the way that snail mail used to be
treated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=110465903-17122010><FONT
color=#888888><BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial><SPAN class=110465903-17122010>Mike</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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