From: robgood@bestweb.net   
      
   On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 2:31:15 PM UTC-4, Les wrote:   
   > An interesting article in today's NY Times:   
   > MapQuest and Other Internet Zombies, by Shira Ovide.   
   >   
   > It's about internet programs from the 1990's that fell out of favor a   
   > long time ago, but are still being used. An excerpt:   
   > "More than 17 million Anericans still use MapQuest ... Ask Jeeves, a   
   > web search engine that started before Google, still has fans ... There   
   > is something about pioneers that shaped the early internet, lost their   
   > cool and dominance, and essentially carved out a niche.".   
   >   
   > You can read the article and the reasons these old programs have   
   > persisted at,   
   > https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/technology/mapquest-internet-zombies.html   
   > or https://tinyurl.com/5596jysw   
   >   
   > Alt fan cecil-adams is a zombie and I'm posting to it with another   
   > zombie program, Agent.   
   >   
   > Les   
      
   I still use ask.com for a few things.  I miss Alta Vista and other search   
   engines that had a NEAR operator.   
      
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