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To: Jenne who wrote (10656)	6/22/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 19700

<<Anyone know what CPQ paid for Altavista?>> Way too much <GG>!!... Compaq is known to overpay for a lot of things. Did they really take full advantage of Altavista's potential..?? Best Regards, Scott

To: Jenne who wrote (10656)	6/22/1999 7:53:00 PM
From: S.C. Barnard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19700

CPQ/AV- a year or so ago today...7/28/98 Compaq disputed published reports Tuesday that it purchased the altavista.com domain name for more than $3 million. Citing unnamed sources, a San Francisco Chronicle article reported Tuesday that the computer company had purchased rights to the Web address in one of the largest domain transactions in the Web's history. But Compaq(company profile) said its talks with Campbell, Calif.-based AltaVista Technology, the domain name's current licensee, are not yet concluded. According to a spokesman for AltaVista Technology, company president Jack Marshall did say Tuesday he had signed an agreement with the computer company, but could not discuss details. "We're talking with them, but nothing has been settled," said Compaq spokesman Don Bradley. "Contract negotiations are underway." Bradley said the company could not comment on proposed terms for the domain-name buyout. Compaq inherited the 2-year-old AltaVista search site when it bought Digital Equipment earlier this year. Once one of the leading search-engine brands online, the site has lost ground to competitors such as Yahoo and Excite as they have added content, services, and Web partners. The company has indicated it has ambitions to be a leader in the portal races, however. A portal site is designed as a stepping-off point for the rest of the Net, aggregating large amounts of Web content and user services such as free e-mail. Compaq has begun to bolster the search site with content "zones" and portal-style services. But analysts have said the company is fighting an uphill battle, not least because the site still lacks its own easily recognizable domain name. AltaVista Technology was the original owner of the altavista.com domain, but sold it to Digital Equipment in 1996. Digital licensed the domain back to AltaVista Technology in 1996, according to AltaVista Technology owner Jack Marshall, but asked for it back that same year. The two companies have been fighting over the domain name in court ever since. The altavista.com site -- which offers domain-name registration, Web hosting, and other online services -- receives roughly 500,000 hits per day, Marshall said last month. Most of these visitors are looking for the Compaq-owned search service, which still uses the www.altavista.digital.com Web address.