between this and MicroSoft-Yahoo and Intel-Invidia

you guys should start a section called TGDrama

Actually, honestly - we are considering TG Soap, because real money on the Internet lies if we get soap manufacturers to start advertising here... you know, "there's no better soap than TG Soap. Sponsored by Tidal Wave, your best way to freshness".

Or, we might go WWF-style, but in free-to-view format (screw PPV ;):
"INTC or NVDA, who is going to win? Watch Gelsigner and Jensen go all out at it! 7PM Central, 6PM Eastern, Sunday. Parental advisory."

Small subtitle: This broadcast is sponsored by Crapitos, your favorite snack. Warning: may cause anal leakage and turn you into couch potato. For risks related to usage of Crapitos, consult your physician.

Yep, a lot of ways where we could go...

This is a legal battle and lawyers have no problem using arguments once rejecting those arguments the next day. In fact, for many areas of practice this practice of using contrary arguments is explicitly permitted and failure to use both might amount to inadequate assistance for failure to fulfill an obligation to act zealously for a client.

However, Craigslist likely has not only a valid claim to protect their rights as to private shares sales and allocation; they also have a valid and effective claim to the "moral high ground" in that they are merely engaged in a less aggressive protection of control of their company that ebay continues to engage in.

On a side note and to show my bias, my friend moved to the Bay Area and found a place to stay, a car, and a girlfriend in less than a month on craigslist.

This kind of free internet posting system will always be around while it is so easy to create and maintain webpages - craigslist was an early player in the game and has done a remarkable job keeping true to it's origins and the concepts that make it strong (generally free and transparent plus good causes with what money it does make). When I didn't like a change in a section of CL I went to their shop on 9th Ave and Judah and they heard me out and even created a compromise. Just amazing folks there, best luck to them in maintaining an excellent site and idea.

I hate ebay.

psh, screw ebay and cl....go backpage.com!

ha, but really, is it worth the legal battles?? anything to get more free press i suppose.

I do too. Lets be friends.

Craig and Jim will never sell and Ebay's own version of Craiglist is too hard to pronounce to overcome them.

But if eBay does take over and ruin the site try workpost.com for work and backpage.com for everything else!!!

Ebay doesn't have a normal "contact us" set-up on their site. I had to go thru cust-serv to get a link to give any 'feedback' on this. Ebay is attempting to eliminate the "competition". For me regarding Ebay/Paypal this is 'strike two'...

since this fight is open to public and everyone knows detail about the fight, the situation had become quite complex...Also thier brand image is diluting....
This will give opportunity other emerging players like http://clickindia.com or http://freeclassified.com to make space and gain market share..

In the last 6 months I have been ripped off by ebay and fees withdrawn without my knowledge or consent from my bank account by paypal. They are a rogue company now and I can't wait for google to get an auction site going so we can all ditch this ebay/paypal thinc. BTW, Ebay CEO is a big sponsor of GW Bush and the GOP, look it up

Craiglist is so bogged down with spammers, people who block other people's listings, and just such a poor design, that its bound to fail sooner or later. (post a listing and see how many spam emails you receive!)

So what is the solution?

A small startup has created an alternative that they believe will bring back the fun and ease of use of free classifieds. The site is called the Dragon Information Exchange (www.LongDaGe.com)

Check it out and see what you think.

Simple to use, no phone verification required, no monkey text (text to make sure you are as smart as a monkey), over 17,000 locations!

i like. Eventhough both are good i like e bay.

Due to their battle other new seo friendly free classified sites like http://www.hindlist.com are in benifit.