Years ago when I was new to the Web, I thought the AltaVista search engine was the epitome of what was possible. It didn’t hurt that I was then living on Alta Vista Avenue in the Travis Heights neighborhood of South Austin, though if there was any connection I never found it.
Alas, today is the day that owner Yahoo! is scheduled to put AltaVista to permanent digital sleep. It’s been little more than “a front end for Yahoo! Search,” according to the Bandwidth Wastage Station, “and Marissa Mayer needs to cut costs.” Adios, amigo.
Via Dustbury.
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