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"I'm not saying we're going to open-source Google, because that would be a little dumb when we have these Microsoft guys making noise," he said, referring to the practice of giving away the raw computer instructions to a software program. He says it isn't fair for Google to draw smart people from all over the world and "just keep it all for ourselves".

In unrelated developments on Tuesday, and amid the excitement with search advertising revenue growth and the upcoming Google IPO, a new study found that US executives are dissatisfied with the performance of online search engines. According to a survey released by FIND/SVP, 84% of business executives feel that Web searches take longer than they should due to poor results.

It is estimated that the loss of productive time using search engines to conduct online research cost businesses $31 billion last year. The study found that that not only are 71% of business executives frustrated with consumer search engines, 74% are not even confident that the results are reliable. However, despite this lack of confidence, 67% stated it would be difficult or impossible to do their jobs without Web-based search tools.

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