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1998 Websites

Description: Press articles in 1998 on or featuring GnuHoo, NewHoo and the Netscape Open Directory.- Category ID : 56517
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News.com: Netscape Buys Freeware Directory
Jim Hu and Jeff Pelline discuss Netscape’s acquisition of NewHoo and the strategy behind the purchase.
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Denounce: Netscape Acquires NewHoo! Community Directory Project for $40.05 Billion
A satirical look at the news, with a large element of fiction.
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Grohol.com: The Future of Online Directories?
Article discussing the history and future of ODP. Briefly mentions AOL’s acquisition of Netscape.
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Slashdot
Netscape buys NewHoo.
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ZDNet: Netscape Acquires NewHoo
Matthew Broersma discusses the acquisition and compares the scalability of NewHoo’s volunteer community to Yahoo’s paid staff powered directory.
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ZDNet: Open Source Gathering Steam
Discusses both Netscape and IBM releasing source code for their Gecko browser and Jikes Java compiler respectively. Netscape’s acquisition of NewHoo is mentioned along with their plans to rename it Open Directory Project.
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Netly News - GnuHoo Wants You
Article by Lev Grossman on the launch of GnuHoo. [IICM archive]
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Wired: Netscape Acquires NewHoo
Article discusses the Netscape purchase of NewHoo and the reaction from volunteer editors.
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