the predecessor of e2 was a similar database called everything (later labeled "everything1" or "e1") which was started around march 1998 by nathan oostendorp and was initially closely aligned with and promoted by the technology-related news website slashdot (by virtue of various key principals having attended the holland christian high school), even sharing (at the time) some administrators. the everything1 software offered vastly more features, and the everything1 data was twice incorporated into e2: once on november 13, 1999, and again in january 2000.