BW: internet.com Acquires LinuxStart.com Expanding Its Linux/Open Source Resources. | Linux Today

BW: internet.com Acquires LinuxStart.com Expanding Its Linux/Open Source Resources.

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 22, 1999

“internet.com …, the E-Business and Internet Technology
Network (http://www.internet.com), today announced that it has
acquired LinuxStart.com (http://www.linuxstart.com), a leading
resource and search engine for the Linux community providing Linux
information, tools, applications and more. LinuxStart.com has
international editions with versions in English, German, French,
and Spanish, among others.
Terms of the acquisition were not
disclosed.”

“Recent internet.com Linux initiatives include the acquisitions
of LinuxCentral.com (http://www.linuxcentral.com), a leading
e-commerce site which sells hardware, software and other products
geared for the Linux and Open Source communities; LinuxToday.com
(https://www.linuxtoday.com), one of the largest Web sites serving
the Linux and Open Source communities; and LinuxPlanet.com
(http://www.linuxplanet.com), a provider of Linux news and
tutorials for system administrators, developers and business
professionals.”

“internet.com is now a leading information resource serving the
needs of the Linux/Open Source communities, both domestically and
internationally, and we are continuing to build our presence in
this field through acquisition, organic growth and by leveraging
traffic through our network of Web sites which now have over 90
million monthly page views,” stated Alan M. Meckler, chairman and
CEO of internet.com Corporation.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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