» Grohol.com: The Future of Online Directories? Article discussing the history and future of ODP. Briefly mentions AOL’s acquisition of Netscape. http://psychcentral.com/netscape2.htm
» News.com: Netscape Buys Freeware Directory Jim Hu and Jeff Pelline discuss Netscape’s acquisition of NewHoo and the strategy behind the purchase. http://www.news.com/2100-1023-218106.html
» Slashdot: The GnuHoo BooBoo Matthew Miller voices his concerns over GnuHoo using GNU as part of the directory name. GnuHoo changes its name to NewHoo. http://slashdot.org/articles/older/9806230849239.shtml
» TechWeb: Netscape Buys Web Page Directory Discusses the purchase of NewHoo and the business plan motivating Netscape’s decision. http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981117S0027
» Wired: Netscape Acquires NewHoo Article discusses the Netscape purchase of NewHoo and the reaction from volunteer editors. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16346
» Wired: NewHoo's New Home Netscape purchases NewHoo and renames the service Netscape Open Directory. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16332
» Wired: The Distributed Yahoo: 'NewHoo' Chris Oakes reviews the early days of NewHoo and compares it with competitors Yahoo and Mining Company. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1998/07/13625
» 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. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-512836.html
» 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. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-513044.html
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