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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Intelligent Agents: Any suggestions?
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Sarah Beheler <sbeheler@netaware.net> writes:
>I am searching for information on Intelligent Agents.  Can anyone
>explain what they are and how they work in a nutshell?  Also, there are
>several Intelligent Agent products available.  Can anyone recommend one
>that is especially good?

    The term "intelligent agents" has been applied to enough dumb
software that at this point the term is indicative more of marketing
hype than any degree of "intelligence".

					John Nagle
