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From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 19:57:07 -0400



Sherlock II Takes On eBay
07 Oct 99 14:52 EST

One of the most controversial features of Mac OS 9 may be Sherlock 
II, according to a story on Wired News. One of the key features of 
Sherlock II is that it can act as a personal shopper to find items 
across major e-commerce and auction sites, sorting them by price and 
availability. eBay objects to auction search engines and has asked 
several such services to ceast and desist from including eBay 
listings. Apple is the largest player by far to get involved in this 
arena. Nevertheless, a spokesperson from eBay has admitted that eBay 
has

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