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I voted you up but I don't find it strange. yegg only answers to himself and his users while operating with tight constraints. Cuil, however, had a bumper budget and a cadre of smart people with a plethora of ideas and directions in mind.

To me, Cuil looked like a prime example of design by committee whereas DDG is clearly opinionated but thrives because of it.




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