Altavista vs. Altavista

[Shaken Angel]

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, N. TOMAIUOLO, INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN, CCSU wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,

(rest snipped).

This is a very easy one.  The address you're talking about,
www.altavista.com, is not in any way affiliated with Digital's AltaVista
service, which is located at http://www.altavista.digital.com, not
http://www.digital.altavista.com as you had it.  So some company named
AltaVista (did they exist before the search engine?  I'm guessing not)
jumps in and snags the altavista.com domain.

It's sort of like this: say my last name is "McDonald".  This, Ray Kroc
and his minions notwithstanding, doesn't necessarily mean I am affiliated
with McDonald's the fast food chain.

-- jf