Zap.Com Announces Linux Resources Channel; Adds Open Source Community Sites to 'Zap 200'

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Zap.Com Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ZPCM - news) today announced that it has added a ``Linux Resources'' channel to ``The Zap 200 Best Internet Sites(TM)'' list. The Zap 200 -- a one-stop source for the finest sites on the Web located at http://www.zap.com -- is selected by a panel of experts at Zap.Com from among thousands of interesting, informative and entertaining Web sites.

``As we are committed to preserving and building on the Web's many small and independent communities, we are particularly proud to feature the leading Linux oriented Web sites in our Zap 200,'' said Avie Glazer, president of Zap.Com. 

    The Web sites featured in the Linux Channel are:
    -- Red Hat Linux -- www.redhat.com -- creators of one of the most popular
       Linux distributions, Red Hat's site not only provides a free download
       of Linux, but lots of useful support information
    -- Just Linux -- www.justlinux.com -- a fully customizable news site that
       provides heaps of information on, well, just Linux!
    -- Linux Kernel Archive -- www.kernel.org -- The official repository of
       the latest compiled versions and source code of the Linux kernel, plus
       a whole lot more
    -- Linux.com -- www.linux.com -- champion of the open source movement and
       a wealth of knowledge for all things Linux
    -- Linux Online -- www.linux.org -- A great site to learn everything there
       is to know about Linux; history, support, you name it, it's here

``The open source software movement -- including the Linux community -- has been a powerful force of technological change and growth as well as one of the Internet's greatest and most long lasting benefits,'' said Glazer. ``Zap.Com is committed to preserving the Internet's diversity and many small communities, like the Linux community. The ZapNetwork(TM) is intended to be a place where small communities an be nurtured and grow and where the diversity of the Internet will be preserved.''

About Zap.Com

Zap.Com was founded by Zapata Corporation (NYSE: ZAP - news) with the goal of creating and operating a premier Internet network with global market reach. The ZapNetwork(TM) currently includes:

    -- Word -- www.word.com -- An award winning webzine - one of the Web's
       first -- featuring personal stories, quirky humor and more.
    -- Charged -- www.charged.com -- The webzine of extreme leisure.
    -- Pixeltime -- www.pixeltime.com -- A proprietary Java-based drawing
       system that is a unique tool for community building and user-created
       content.

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