20th Anniversary of the Dawn of Dot-Com 94
btempleton writes "It was 20 years ago today when I posted to USENET the public launch of ClariNet, my electronic newspaper service delivered over the Internet. By finding a way around the NSFNet acceptable use policy, ClariNet was the first business founded to use the Internet as its platform for business, and the era of the 'dot-com' had begun. For the anniversary I have written a history of the founding of ClariNet and early internet business, which outlines how it all came down. Readers may also enjoy the included anecdote about what I term 'M5' reliability, where the news system was so robust that, like the M5 computer on Star Trek, even those authorized to do so were unable to shut it off; and a story of the earliest large SF eBook effort."
Nonsense! (Score:3, Funny)
So we should blame you? (Score:5, Funny)
So in other words, we should ultimately blame you for the commercialization and spamming of the internet?
I'm not sure you should have told us that...
Sgt. Salt (Score:4, Funny)
"It was 20 years ago today..."
Beatle plagiarist! I'm tellin' the RIAA!
so you're the one, huh? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, so *you're* the asshole who started the commercialization, by shady interpretation of a use policy you agreed to, no less.
I bet next you'll tell us that you're also the asshole who sent the first spam.
jk... mostly.
let's see how long 'first' lasts... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So we should blame you? (Score:4, Funny)
So in other words, we should ultimately blame you for the commercialization and spamming of the internet?
Wrong guy [wikipedia.org].
NSF (Score:2, Funny)
... so these Non-Suitable-For pictures and videos started in the 80ies!
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)