Say I wanted a huge database to interface with a web site. I expected very high hit numbers. What sort of overall structure would one look to? Technical, hardware, software, business & financial? What would Alta Vista use -- what would Yahoo use if they could start over? Hotwired? What sort of partnerships would make that work best? What sort of investment are we looking at? Would one need partners? Mail me a useful reply and I will send you a summary of all the useful ones I get. Walter _____________________________________________________ Walter Logeman [log in to unmask] http://www2.chch.planet.org.nz/~walter/psybernet.html