Directory of 1998 Resources

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Description: Press articles in 1998 on or featuring GnuHoo, NewHoo and the Netscape Open Directory.

Resources in This Category

• Denounce: Netscape Acquires NewHoo! Community Directory Project for $40.05 Billion

  http://www.denounce.com/newhoo.html
  A satirical look at the news, with a large element of fiction.

• Grohol.com: The Future of Online Directories?

  http://psychcentral.com/netscape2.htm
  Article discussing the history and future of ODP. Briefly mentions AOL’s acquisition of Netscape.

• Netly News - GnuHoo Wants You

  http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/thesis/cguetl_diss/literatur/Kapitel05/References/Grossman_1998/GnuHooWantsYou.html
  Article by Lev Grossman on the launch of GnuHoo. [IICM archive]

• News.com: Netscape Buys Freeware Directory

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-218106.html
  Jim Hu and Jeff Pelline discuss Netscape’s acquisition of NewHoo and the strategy behind the purchase.

• Slashdot

  http://slashdot.org/story/98/11/18/0819250/Netscape-buys-NewHoo
  Netscape buys NewHoo.

• Wired: Netscape Acquires NewHoo

  http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16346
  Article discusses the Netscape purchase of NewHoo and the reaction from volunteer editors.

• Wired: NewHoo's New Home

  http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16332
  Netscape purchases NewHoo and renames the service Netscape Open Directory.

• Wired: The Distributed Yahoo: 'NewHoo'

  http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1998/07/13625
  Chris Oakes reviews the early days of NewHoo and compares it with competitors Yahoo and Mining Company.

• ZDNet: Netscape Acquires NewHoo

  http://www.zdnet.com/news/netscape-acquires-newhoo/101006
  Matthew Broersma discusses the acquisition and compares the scalability of NewHoo’s volunteer community to Yahoo’s paid staff powered directory.

• ZDNet: Open Source Gathering Steam

  http://www.zdnet.com/news/open-source-gathering-steam/101136
  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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