<s>
Viaweb	B-Application
was	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
host	O
their	O
own	O
online	O
stores	O
with	O
little	O
technical	O
expertise	O
using	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graham	O
claims	O
Viaweb	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
application	O
service	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viaweb	B-Application
was	O
also	O
unusual	O
for	O
being	O
partially	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Lisp	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
called	O
Webgen	O
,	O
but	O
another	O
company	O
was	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
company	O
renamed	O
it	O
to	O
Viaweb	B-Application
,	O
"	O
because	O
it	O
worked	O
via	O
the	O
Web	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Inc	O
.	O
bought	O
Viaweb	B-Application
for	O
455,000	O
shares	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
stock	O
,	O
valued	O
at	O
about	O
$49	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
it	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Viaweb	B-Application
's	O
example	O
has	O
been	O
influential	O
in	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
's	O
entrepreneurial	O
culture	O
,	O
largely	O
due	O
to	O
Graham	O
's	O
widely	O
read	O
essays	O
and	O
his	O
subsequent	O
career	O
as	O
a	O
successful	O
venture	O
capitalist	O
.	O
</s>
