Late response, I know, but I was out of town!
I'm an editor at ODP. Basically, it started as NewHoo, and then Netscape
bought it.
There's an nice little editor's community behind the scenes there, where
editors discuss how, why, and where to add in linkage. So far, so good! I'm
enjoying working on something that could take on so much steam.
Especially in light of Yahoo's charging for taking a look at your entry.
(not adding it, just looking at it)
At 01:04 PM 2/7/99 -0800, Barry Lee Brisco commented...
>At Mercury Center, tech columnist Dan Gilmor wrote an interesting column
>today about the "Open Directory Project", which I had never heard of
>before. Go to
>http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg020799.htm
>(excerpt below)
>
>Is there anyone on this list works on the "Open Directory Project"? I'm
>intrigued by this. It is similar to a Yahoo type directory but is all
>non-profit and volunteer driven, according to Gilmor's article. Check out
>http://directory.mozilla.org/
>
>Barry Lee Brisco
>ToTheWeb.com
>
>================================================================
>
>Netizens raise a virtual barn called the `Open Directory Project'
>
>BY DAN GILLMOR
>Mercury News Technology Columnist
>
>BARN-RAISINGS are a relic of times gone by, when a community would come
>together to help one of its own. Barn-raisings were about voluntarism and
>cooperation.
>
>People are constantly raising virtual barns on the Internet. Much of the
>software controlling the Net's basic functions, for example, was created by
>teams of volunteers. They came together in cyberspace and they worked at
>different times, but their goals were akin to the barn-builders of yore: to
>help the community and, by extension, themselves.
>
>One of the most intriguing Net ventures isn't about software, per se. This
>one is about sharing information in the purest sense: a directory of World
>Wide Web sites, created by volunteers, that is beginning to achieve
>critical mass.
>
>It's called the ``Open Directory Project,'' and it looks a lot like the
>category leader, Yahoo. The hierarchy of listings is similar, following the
>eminently sensible approach that Yahoo's founders dreamed up when they
>began their Web catalog.
>
>The Open Directory is especially fascinating because it is now part of a
>for-profit company, Netscape Communications Corp. Will its thousands of
>volunteers -- dwarfing the professional staffs at Yahoo and other
>commercial directory sites -- keep working so hard on a project that
>ultimately benefits shareholders of a large company?
>
>More at http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg020799.htm
>
>
>http://directory.mozilla.org/
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