Well, Yahoo was founded in March 1995 and Altavista was opened in December 1995, which I think is generally the same time period. My perception as a technical

Well, Yahoo was founded in March 1995 and Altavista was opened in December 1995, which I think is generally the same time period. My perception as a technical user at the time is different than yours -- Altavista was much more influential to me than the curated table of contents that Yahoo had.