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Guy Who Stole AltaVista Source Code Working On Search At Microsoft







Guy Who Stole AltaVista Source Code
Working On Search At Microsoft

Guy Who Stole AltaVista Source Code
Working On Search At Microsoft
07/09/2004 03:28 PM

A man who was arrested last week for stealing AltaVista's source code is apparently now working on Microsoft's well publicized search technology efforts. AltaVista, of course, was the original great search engine, before it got confused and decided to "go portal" like everyone else. Apparently, this guy worked at AltaVista, but some time after he left decided he wanted to see how the product had "evolved" and discovered he could still log in to his old AltaVista account. He then downloaded the source code to his home computer. This all happened before he went to work for Microsoft, so the conspiracy theories about Microsoft stealing the code don't apply, but it does raise some questions about Microsoft's search technology.




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