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The title of this story in my feeds

June 20, 2007 by Michael Boyle

The title of this story in my feeds

was Microsoft Agrees to Alter Vista Desktop Search. I wonder if the headline was just a coincidence, or if using a slightly modified “AltaVista” was a sly joke? (For newer Net folk, back in the day, AltaVista was THE search engine.)

Tags: Funny, Microsoft

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