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Date:      Sat, 13 Jun 1998 18:49:43 -0400
From:      Lee Cremeans <lcremean@tidalwave.net>
To:        Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>
Cc:        kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: yahoo/netscape
Message-ID:  <19980613184943.04213@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net>
In-Reply-To: <199806132150.SAA28171@roma.coe.ufrj.br>; from Joao Carlos Mendes Luis on Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 06:50:00PM -0300
References:  <19980613174239.53228@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> <199806132150.SAA28171@roma.coe.ufrj.br>

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On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 06:50:00PM -0300, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:
> #define quoting(Lee Cremeans)
> // > // Anyone knowing the story behind the fact that netscape isn't
> // > // offering Yahoo! in their search engine chooser?
> // > // 
> // > // Is there any politics behind it?
> // > 
> // > Yahoo is there.  Altavista is not.
> // 
> // ...and the last time I went to Yahoo, there were links to Altavista
> // everywhere--I think Altavista is Yahoo's preferred Web spider now.
> 
> Mine, also.  Hotbot was good at the beginning, but it could not stand
> the load.  :)  Altavista Rulez !!!

I first used Altavista when it came out in 1995, then I switched over to
hotBot for a while, but now you're right, hotBot has gotten kinda lame. I'm
back on Altavista now. :)

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