Subj : Re: computers
To   : Malvinas
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Jul 21 2024 17:12:22

  Re: Re: computers
  By: Malvinas to Spectre on Sat Jul 20 2024 11:30 pm

 Ma> This here is really interesting. I remember before 1995 (before Win95),
 Ma> taht BBSs were a common thing, and there was a sort "collective concious"
 Ma> of using BBSs to connect with others, I remember news paper articles about
 Ma> FIDOnet and how that could get you in touch with anyone anywhere in the
 Ma> world, but it wasn't until 1995 (and Win95, indeed...) with IExplroer
 Ma> preinstalled, and the browser war it ensued that *web browsing* (!!)
 Ma> really became something most people became aware of.

...when most people became aware of FIDONet?  I'm not so sure.  It seemed that there were a lot of people who bought their first computer in the mid-90s and were getting on the internet and didn't really have a knowlege of BBSes.

And I think Internet Explorer was included as an optional install in a Windows 95 add-on, and it came pre-installed in Windows 98.  That was around the time of the Microsoft anti-trust trial, and Microsoft tried to say Internet Explorer was integrated into the OS and they couldn't remove it..

Nightfox
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