AltaVista is dead. Here’s why it’s so hard to compete with Google.

AltaVista was really neglected by DEC, and in fact they were at such a low point that many early Google employees came directly from AltaVista. And DEC was a mess at the time because they were sold to Compaq. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;AltaVista</a>