Deja News Provides Access to Netscape's DevEdge Discussion Forums.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1998 Netscape Opens Online Technical Community to Internet Users for the Latest on "Mozilla" Initiative and Other Topics Deja News The Deja News Research Service was an archive of messages posted to Usenet discussion groups, started in 1995 by Steve Madere in Austin, Texas. Its powerful search engine capabilities won the service acclaim, generated controversy, and significantly changed the perceived nature of , Inc. (www.dejanews.com), the discussion network, today announced an agreement with Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ) to include Netscape's popular DevEdge discussion forums as part of the Deja News service. In addition, Netscape(R) will provide access to Deja News from the Netscape DevEdge site. Through this agreement, Internet users worldwide will be able to leverage Deja News to access and participate in ongoing DevEdge discussions about Netscape Communicator An earlier suite of Web browsing and groupware tools from Netscape that were packaged as a bundle starting with Navigator 4.0. Communicator refers to any Netscape Navigator product with a version number less than 6.0. 5.0, the mozilla.org initiative for open Internet software, and many other topics related to development on the Netscape platform. Previously, DevEdge discussions were accessible only to registered developers visiting Netscape's developer web sites and were retired after a short time. Deja News provides a free, Web-based service for participating in, reading and searching more than 50,000 Internet discussion forums, including Usenet newsgroups. Deja News is the Web's leading destination for discussion, attracting more than 4.5 million users and generating over 115 million page views per month. Through its Deja News Archive program Software that compresses one or more files and folders into a single file. Many archive programs compress and decompress using the ZIP file format. See ZIP file, archive formats and data compression. , Deja News continues to expand its content by offering free archival of discussions to university, corporate and commercial Web sites. "Integrating the lively Netscape technical community really enriches Deja News' technical content. Everybody wins -- Netscape, software developers and end-users alike -- by benefiting from a more active, open exchange of information, opinions and tips," said Guy Hoffman Guy Hoffman (born May 20, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a drummer and vocalist, formerly of such bands as Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes and Absinthe. He is a composer for such films as Field Day and a founding member of Radio Romeo. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Deja News, Inc. "This is another big step in our strategy to expand the types and sources of Internet discussion available through Deja News, providing users with a `one-stop-shopping' destination for discussions on the Internet." "Netscape DevEdge newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. help developers find answers to development questions, raise important technical issues with peers in the Netscape DevEdge program and discover the latest trends in software development on the Netscape platform," said Jeff Treuhaft, Director of Extranet Marketing at Netscape. "Today's agreement with Deja News will enable us to open these discussions to a broader audience, promoting the development of intranet, extranet and Internet software and services on the Netscape platform." Netscape DevEdge Newsgroups Netscape's DevEdge newsgroups provide developers with an interactive online forum for the exchange of information and ideas about developing on the Netscape platform. Discussion topics include individual Netscape products, projects, standards, development tools and related technical issues, including Netscape communicator client software, CORBA/IIOP, Netscape IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. , internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation issues, Java, Javascript, LiveWire database configuration and programming, software developer toolkits, Netscape Mission Control Desktop, NSAPI (NetScape API) A programming interface on Netscape's Web Server. Using NSAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs on the server, typically to access data in a database. NSAPI is an alternative to using CGI scripts on Netscape Web servers. , plug-ins, security, Netscape Suitespot Server software, WAI WAI Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C) WAI Where Am I? WAI Wales Arts International (UK) WAI Women in Aviation, International WAI Warm Air Intake WAI Web Application Interface and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . Members of the Netscape technical staff regularly monitor and participate in the forums to help answer technical questions. Internet users can now access Netscape DevEdge discussion forums using Deja News' easy Web-based interface, either from the Deja News site or through links on Netscape DevEdge. In addition, the valuable member-generated discussion content generated in the forums will be archived, and developers will be able to search within forums or across all Netscape DevEdge newsgroups quickly and easily using powerful Boolean queries and filters to find exactly the information they need. Users who want to post messages to Netscape DevEdge discussions will be automatically linked to the Netscape Web site, where they can benefit from other Netscape technical and product information. Deja News Archive Program Netscape is the latest company to become a Deja News Archive partner. The Deja News Archive program lets companies promote their discussion forums and build traffic by taking advantage of free distribution, branding and links to Deja News' audience of 4.5 million active discussion participants. Deja News Archive partners provide a higher-value community experience for their customers, avoid the loss of valuable user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as as messages expire, and get expanded exposure through display of their brands on all messages archived at Deja News and in the Deja News forum directory. For more information about becoming a Deja News Archive partner, contact Humphrey Marr at 512/502-6219 or hmarr@dejanews.com. About Deja News, Inc. Deja News, the discussion network, is the Web's leading destination for discussion. Founded in May 1995, Deja News provides an easy and powerful Web interface for participating in discussions with people of like interests and for searching and reading discussion forums, including Usenet newsgroups. Deja News serves as the discussion forum resource for America Online, AT&T WorldNet Service, Bell South, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, InfoSpace, Lycos, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, The Microsoft Network, Open Text, WebCrawler, Yahoo! and ZDNet. Deja News is free to users and may be found on the Web at http://www.dejanews.com. About Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of open software and services for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NSCP, Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . -0- Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com or by calling 650/937-2555 (corporate customers) or 650/937-3777 (individuals). Netscape, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Certificate Server, Netscape ONE, SuiteSpot and the Netscape N and Ship's Wheel logos are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other Netscape logos, product names, and service names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may be registered in other countries. Other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Deja News, Inc. Greg Wise, 512/343-6397, ext. 244 gwise@dejanews.com or Alexander Communications Dave Faupel (for Deja News),404/897-2300, ext. 339 dfaupel@alexander-pr.com |
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