déjà news acquisition was in 2001, lifetimes ago in web time. And it does fit with Google's stated mission of putting everything online, in easily searchable fo

déjà news acquisition was in 2001, lifetimes ago in web time. And it does fit with Google's stated mission of putting everything online, in easily searchable format. The "let's put a thin web veneer over X" approach has never been a great one, perhaps sufficient for Web 1.0, but not these days.