Eazel

Article summary

Eazel was an American software company operating from 1999 to 2001 in Palo Alto and then Mountain View, California. The company's flagship product was the Nautilus file manager for the GNOME desktop environment on Linux, which was immediately adopted and maintained by the free software movement. As the core of Eazel's business model, it was an early example of cloud storage services in the form of personal file storage, transparently and portably stored on the Internet.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. employees: 22 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. employees: 75 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the employees is "22 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the employees is "75 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372880507