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while carriers wait to see if Google\'s open source route will provide the applications they want with the necessary support, Yahoo! is developing them and bringing them to the carriers and service providers around the world.

The truth is, there is, or at least will be, enough market out there for 2 or 3 really big search engines. The industry, on a global basis is still very nascent. Whether it is geo-based or vertically based, as the industry grows, there will be a number of opportunities for several large players to split the pie.