“Lycos Network Offers Largest User-edited Directory on the
Web”
“Netscape’s Open Directory Project is based on the powerful open
philosophy responsible for making technologies such as the Linux
operating system, Apache Web server, and Netscape’s Communicator
browser popular among Web developers and users in recent years.
Unlike closed proprietary directories that rely on small in-house
editorial teams to categorize and update relevant Web links, the
Open Directory by Netscape empowers a growing force of contributing
Web users — currently at more than 8,900 — to find and categorize
sites based on an individual’s areas of interest and
expertise…”