seattle confrontation and the internet

t byfield tbyfield at panix.com
Fri Dec 3 07:50:54 PST 1999



> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 16:38:43 -0500
> From: Ryan Daum <opiate at saturn5.com>


> > it's got to be quite a homer
> > simpson moment for bill gates,
> > gazing out at the monitors from
> > the confines of his redmond bunker
> > and realizing he put the tools in
> > their hands. *d'oh!* indeed.
>
> Sorry to butt in here, but Bill Gates and Co.had very very little to do
> with the development of the Internet, or with its mass adoption. In
> fact, they were rather suprised and taken aback by its sudden popularity
> and the lack of decent net client support on windows (as opposed to
> unix) until 1995...

M$ had very little to do with the initial ~92-95 upsurge; but since M$'s turnaround, the vast, vast majority of newly arrived users use M$ slothware. i'd agree with what i think you were suggesting, that M$ hasn't *caused* much interest in the net--but that's mostly an idle question of prestige, i think.

cheers, t



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