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dipstick
04-01-2002, 04:27 AM
Can anyone tell me what happened to dmoz.com? Does Microsoft own it now?

Now that I look at it again, there is a little window that pops up, when you click on the tips button inside, well it looks dmoz got hacked. Anyone else put some insight to this?

byron29
04-01-2002, 04:46 AM
Weird...maybe Ms started supporting dmoz?

HAHAHA

What day is it?

(SH)Saeed
04-01-2002, 04:51 AM
They both show the same website with a Microsoft logo on it.

Hmm.. Does Netscape own DMOZ?


Domain Name: dmoz.com

Registrant:
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US

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dipstick
04-01-2002, 04:53 AM
If you read around, it is trashing Microsoft. Don't think it is a real april fools joke

roly
04-01-2002, 05:29 AM
Its called dmoz.org :rolleyes:

dipstick
04-01-2002, 05:34 AM
get the same thing

roly
04-01-2002, 05:39 AM
AAH:eek:
MICROSOFT HAS TAKEN OVER DMOZ!
:angry: :mad: :puke:

dipstick
04-01-2002, 05:40 AM
I hate April Fools Day

roly
04-01-2002, 05:46 AM
http://www.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/clippy.cgi
:angry:

iamdave
04-01-2002, 06:15 AM
Netscape does own/run DMOZ. But why would they put a Mictosoft logo, on their site? That doesn't seem right. Unless Microsoft took over DMOZ, or it got hacked somehow, they are in trouble. They have no right to display the Microsoft logo on their web site.

acidHL
04-01-2002, 06:40 AM
Its an april fool... :stickout

iamdave
04-01-2002, 06:54 AM
But still, they have no right to display the Microsoft logo.