L'8 luglio chiude Altavista che - prima dell'arrivo di Google - per noi fossili del WWW era forse il motore di ricerca più noto e affidabile.
AltaVista, once the most advanced and comprehensive search engine on the Web, is just days away from its last breath. Yes, like you, I thought AltaVista had been extinguished years ago, but apparently not. Last week, Jay Rossiter, executive vice president of platforms at Yahoo, which owns AltaVista, said that the search engine would be closed on July 8. Anyone who still uses AltaVista — I’m not sure who that is — should instead go to Yahoo Search, Mr. Rossiter said.
Per dire che la rete è un ambiente parecchio competitivo dove gli hopeful monster di darwiniana memoria a volte vincono.
New York Times