About six months ago we were out dining with our son Willie and Julie wondering about some question, and Willie joked, "Why don't you ask Jeeves?" By then, Ask Jeeves had lost all credibility. More recently Ask Jeeves was "retired." 
Which brings us back to that all-important 21st century question, "How's your algorithm doing?" (first posed by BBC Global Business reporter Peter Day about the ultimate-algorithm known as Google).
Netflix, the online movie rental business, has been jumping all over old stodgey Blockbuster.
Then Netflix invented a "fairness algorithm," so normal customers would not get worse service because of frequent-viewer netflix-nuts who check out a movie every day. The fairness algorithm, it turns out, isn't so popular with some people, so a little public relations skirmish over it right now.
Either way, your algorithm is a critical component of doing business. If you don't have an algorithm, go get one. They're good for business. Where do you rent movies, and why?
Please find below the link for an article that I think of your interest. This article comes today in "Times of India", the leading newspaper of india, it says the same concept of nineshift.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1447216,curpg-1.cms
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- Gaurav
Posted by: Gaurav Yadav | March 23, 2006 at 05:05 PM
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> Wolfy
Posted by: Wolfman communications | March 23, 2006 at 12:05 PM