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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.

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.

SearchEngineWatch.com: NewHoo Becomes Netscape Open Directory - http://searchenginewatch.com/2166731
Danny Sullivan discusses Netscape’s purchase of NewHoo and provides comparisons to the Yahoo Directory.

SearchEngineWatch.com: NewHoo: Yahoo Built By The Masses - http://searchenginewatch.com/2166381
Danny Sullivan discusses the launch of NewHoo and explains the volunteer editor basis of the directory.

Slashdot - http://slashdot.org/articles/older/980613118210_F.shtml
Gnuhoo, an interesting experiment which might work.

Slashdot - http://slashdot.org/articles/98/11/18/0819250.shtml
Netscape buys NewHoo.

Slashdot: The GnuHoo BooBoo - http://slashdot.org/articles/older/9806230849239.shtml
Matthew Miller voices his concerns over GnuHoo using GNU as part of the directory name. GnuHoo changes its name to NewHoo.

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

Wired: The Distributed Yahoo: 'NewHoo' - http://www.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://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-101006.html
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://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-101136.html
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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