[ga] Rumor ? RealNames Going Out Of Business, Shutting Down Keywords

[Elisabeth Porteneuve <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>]

RealNames Going Out Of Business, Shutting Down Keywords
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4680-2002May11.html
Washtech.com 02/05/11

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By David McGuire
Washtech.com Staff Writer
Saturday, May 11, 2002; 9:28 AM 

RealNames Corp., one of the firms that pioneered the keyword 
approach to Internet addressing, will go out of business Monday, 
and as a result thousands of Internet keywords will go dark 
before the end of June, according to a source familiar with 
the situation.

RealNames, based in Redwood City, Calif., will lay off about 
80 employees on Monday and will begin the process of liquidating 
its assets, said the source, who asked to remain anonymous. 

Triggering the shutdown was a decision by Microsoft Corp., 
which allows keywords to resolve in its popular Internet 
Explorer (IE) Web browser, not to renew its exclusive contract 
with RealNames, the source said. 
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