We would like to acknowledge all of the people and organizations that have helped us bring Yahoo!'s service to you...

Business Partners

:   Compaq and Intel When you see Yahoo!, you're seeing the flexibility and computing power of the Compaq ProLiant® 5000 server based on Intel Architecture using multiple Pentium® Pro processors. It's the platform deployed by Yahoo! for its mission-critical search and database applications. Click to Compaq and Intel to find out more. Venture Law Group Behind every good company, there is a good lawyer. Venture Law Group, located in Menlo Park, CA., is Yahoo!'s provider for legal and other professional services. Neihaus Ryan Group, Inc. (NRG) NRG is a public relations firm located in South San Francisco,CA. NRG is Yahoo!'s public relations firm of record. Reuters New Media, Inc. Reuters New Media is a division of Reuters, Inc., responsible for covering multimedia and online mediums. Reuters New Media is supplying Yahoo! with a major newsfeed that is updated hourly. Network Appliance, Inc. NetApp filers, the simple server solution, speed up response time on the Web. In other words, we're the ideal partner for Yahoo! and the hundreds of other high-performance users we serve--simply, of course. TIBCO Inc. TIBCO, located in Palo Alto, CA., invented the patented Enterprise Publish-Subscribe computing paradigm which enables businesses everywhere to access the information they need in real-time, anytime. TIBCO is Yahoo!'s provider of stock quote data. GlobalCenter GlobalCenter, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is the First Global Digital Distribution Company. Sequoia Capital Sequoia was started in 1972. Sequoia and its extensive set of contacts provide a range of support for young, private companies at any stage of their development. Sequoia have invested in more than 350 companies. Some of these, like Cisco Systems, Apple Computer and Oracle, have become household names and epitomize Silicon Valley. Sequoia backed Yahoo! in March 1995. Associative Computing, Inc. Associative Computing, Inc. provides smart spell-checking for Yahoo!'s user queries. ACI's technology increases the chance of a successful Yahoo! search by identifying misspellings and typographical errors, then suggesting correct spellings. For more information on this or any other of ACI's intelligent technologies and solutions for internet, intranet, and personal use, please visit their website.

Public Domain Software

A large part of the Yahoo! software and infrastructure has benefited immensely from the public domain software available on the net. We'd like to acknowledge some of the important components that we use at Yahoo!. Perl - most of our custom code is written in Perl, an awesomely quick way to code. It does everything! Mosaic - this is what got us started. Tcl/Tk/Tcl-DP - Graphical utilities, communication scripts and socket based programs. GNU Tool Suite - Emacs our editor of choice, gcc our compiler of choice, cool software. FreeBSD - Some of our web servers run FreeBSD. Linux - Some of our development machines run Linux.

Individual Efforts

Yahoo! users and their comments have made it into what it is today. The people who've contributed are too many to mention, but a few deserve special acknowledgement: Ed Kubatis (ejk@uiuc.edu) wrote the original version of the Random Yahoo Link script. Paul Hoffman has contributed valuable suggestions and feedback in reorganizing the Computers and Internet category. Paul Burt has supplied a wealth of friendly, useful information to help organize radio stations. Scott Banister has simplified the process of adding a URL to several internet catalogs including Yahoo!, by maintaining the free service Submit It!. To everyone that has sent in additions, comments, compliments, (constructive) criticisms - you have our heartfelt thanks.