Altavista (the search engine) founded in 1995 by DEC.
DEC was bought by Compaq in 1998.
Compaq merged with HP in 2002.
In 2003 Altavista was sold to Overture services, who were then purchased by Yahoo in 2003.
Article link:
http://www.dailytech.com/RIP+AltaVista+19952013/article31880.htmIt's ridiculous how software (or a service in this case) get bought up and then left unmantained by the new company who has no interest in it.
