Another perspective on Cuil
Techmeme and SV is buzzing big time about the new search engine Cuil.
I played around with it a bit this morning. It’s fast and the search results are interesting.
But in it’s current form it won’t replace my current favorite search engines for now. Although it will be one to watch.
The reason this particular company and product has received so much attention is because of their founders. They are ex-Google search stars.
And one reason that piques my interest is because non compete agreements are not valid in the state of California. So CA entrepreneurs have more rights & flexability compared to entrepreuneurs in NYC or MA or WA etc.
California has it right. We need to give startups & entrepreneurs the ability to innovate without breaking any NDAs or trade secrets. But they should be able to compete fairly and openly. That is how innovation happens.
Look how many people are leaving Yahoo & Google these days. Should these folks not try to create new killer web services?
MA has it wrong. As I’ve written before, we need to get rid of non competes everywhere. Cuil is just another example.
