ky, MIT, May 2001<br>
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<p>
The development of Cyc was a very long-term, high-risk gamble that has begun to pay off.  Begun 
as a research project in 1984, Cyc is now a working technology with applications to many real-world
 business problems. Cyc's vast <a href="technology/whatiscyc_dir/whatsincyc">knowledge base</a> enables it to perform
 well at tasks that are beyond the capabilities of other software technologies.<p>

This page is intended to give an indication of Cyc's potenti