In 1990, Alan Emtage was building a tool to find FTP files, unexpectedly found the internet search we still use today

Long before today's search engines, finding files online was a chore. In 1990, McGill University student Alan Emtage ...
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Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running

I still don’t understand why browsers got rid of FTP. It’s not like ftp/ftps used a lot of code and FTP sites still exist. Network admins didn't like having to open all those extra ports? FTP required ...