> From: "Alison O'Balle" <a.oballe@mail.utexas.edu> (Alison O'Balle)
> Subject: Catalog of the Internet
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib@library.berkeley.edu>
[...]
> A representative from Lycos made a presentation on campus Thursday morning
> in which he said a number of interesting things about the future of the
> internet, cataloging,and other topics.
[Interesting facts and figures deleted]
> They are patenting web spiders and robots. This was glossed over, but the
> lycos guy said the patent process was going well for them so far.