Back in the late '90s I registered / paid for a few programs for the Apple Newton with Kagi, one of the early payment processors. I hadn't much thought about them since.
On IRC, I just overheard that there is some paid search engine called Kagi, at the same URL.
But, what happened to the Kagi I knew? A little digging revealed that it did not end well for the beleaguered company headed by Kee Nethery.
Kagi Shuts Down After Falling Prey to Fraud (article dated 2016)
https://tidbits.com/2016/08/04/kagi-shuts-down-after-falling-prey-to-fraud/
"The news was as sad as it was unexpected. Kagi, one of the earliest digital commerce companies and long a favorite of many Mac shareware developers, has shut down as of 31 July 2016, just shy of 22 years in business."
Sad story.
Web archive link of the old Kagi website: https://web.archive.org/web/19990208004939/https://kagi.com/ (from Feb 1999)
#Kagi #payment #ecommerce #archive #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computinghistory #Mac #shareware #techhistory #KeeNethery #searchengine #search #Newton #PalmPilot #technews
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