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When Disney bought all but majority control of Infoseek in 1998, we were all given these t-shirts. At the time I chuckled at the wit, but in retrospect all that comes through is the cynicism. The brands on the front are Infoseek, Disney, ABC, and ESPN. The logo in the upper-right was for Starwave, I think, which was based up in Redmond, WA. My recollection is that the Starwave peeps did not trust the Infoseek folks, and vice-versa. It was, at best, a shotgun marriage.
T ShirtsIn the long, tangled web of fashion history, there are few garments that ha…