Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL the first Internet search engine was “Archie”, which was created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a postgraduate student at McGill University in Montreal. It’s still around todayen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down13
arrow-up1200arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first Internet search engine was “Archie”, which was created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a postgraduate student at McGill University in Montreal. It’s still around todayen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·3 months agoUsed it all the time in the early 90s. Even though the tech was very primitive back then, I miss the academic spirit and open collaborative nature of it all. Corporate greed has really wrecked the open web.
minus-squareJunkhead@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agocorporate greed has ruined the world
Used it all the time in the early 90s. Even though the tech was very primitive back then, I miss the academic spirit and open collaborative nature of it all. Corporate greed has really wrecked the open web.
corporate greed has ruined the world