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INTERNET.COM ACQUIRES LINUXAPPS.COM, THE PREMIER DOWNLOAD WEB SITE FOR LINUX DEVELOPERS
(New York, NY-March 2, 2000)--internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), the Internet Industry's Portal, today announced it has acquired LinuxApps.com. The site is the premier download site for Linux developers and offers the widest range of downloadable Linux applications on the Web. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
LinuxApps.com is widely known throughout the Linux community as the leading download site for Linux users and will strengthen internet.com's presence in this market. The Web site features an extensive library of Linux titles and up-to-the-minute listings of new applications and will be closely integrated with other internet.com Linux-focused sites including: LinuxToday.com (http://linuxtoday.com), LinuxPlanet (http://www.linuxplanet.com), LinuxStart (http://www.linuxstart.com), Linux Central (http://www.linuxcentral.com), JustLinux (http://www.justlinux.com) and LinuxProgramming.com (http://www.linuxprogramming.com).
"We're thrilled to be able to offer internet.com users another leading resource like LinuxApps.com, which we believe is the most comprehensive Linux download site on the Internet," said internet.com chairman and CEO Alan M. Meckler. "This site adds to internet.com's outstanding collection of tools for the Linux community and enhances internet.com's position as the leading independent source for Linux and Open Source information," Meckler added.
About internet.com (http://www.internet.com)
internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq: INTM), based in New York, New York, is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 100 Web sites, 75 e-mail newsletters, 101 online discussion forums and 75 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2.2 million unique visitors that generate more than 110 million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 170 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. In addition, internet.com with its related internet.com Venture Fund I and Venture Fund II is an investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
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Steve Rubel
Schwartz Public Relations
(212) 677-8700 x23
[email protected]
Nicole Catalano
internet.com Corporation
(212) 547-7939
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