So sad.
On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 22:28:49 -0000 (UTC), "Con Reeder, unhyphenated American" <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
On 2024-07-03, joe@mich.com <joe@mich.com> wrote:
So sad.
Yes, me too. Here is some nostalgia:
https://pmarca.substack.com/p/the-true-story-as-best-i-can-remember
Remembering the first days of the Internet when we were a million of the >>smartest engineers and scientists connected by Usenet. Posting to newsgroups >>where you might get an answer from the most accomplished person in the >>world on a particular subject.
I was at Andreesen's first public demo of Mosaic, and came back to my >>company telling everyone we had to do this. I'd been on Usenet for 4 years, >>getting only a few newsgroups via a feed from UIUC. I didn't hit RSFC until >>just before eternal September, because I didn't pull anything from rec.*, >>only news.*, sci.*, and comp.*.
I first saw the internet about 1990, when when my company gave engineers Sun workstations,
along with usenet, email, and ftp,. Usenet was pretty well deveoped by then, I read
groups in almost every category. Usenet was useful as well and entertainment, but email and ftp were invaluable.
I thought that was the extent of the internet.Then in 1995 or so I was listening to the radio "Hearts of Space" and in his slow
deep drawl, he said more info could be found on the "World Wide Web". What the f*** was that?
Within 6 months we all had Netscape.Coincidentally, I tried to order a book from B&N, it would be 5 weeks
and only if their distributor carried it.Tried the WWW and discovered a small bookstore name Amazon, book
was 30% cheaper and delivered to my door in 3 days. That was when I began to think change was in the air,
and when AMZ bought Tool Crip, that confirmed it,
Sears as always special to me, it always angered me that if I could see what was coming, that their professionals
couldn't. Sears could easily have out Amazoned Amazon,or even bought and renamed AMZ but they had the same
management type as A&P and mnay others.
Was your company in Brevard at the time?
On 2024-07-03, joe@mich.com <joe@mich.com> wrote:
So sad.
Yes, me too. Here is some nostalgia:
https://pmarca.substack.com/p/the-true-story-as-best-i-can-remember
Remembering the first days of the Internet when we were a million of the >smartest engineers and scientists connected by Usenet. Posting to newsgroups >where you might get an answer from the most accomplished person in the
world on a particular subject.
I was at Andreesen's first public demo of Mosaic, and came back to my
company telling everyone we had to do this. I'd been on Usenet for 4 years, >getting only a few newsgroups via a feed from UIUC. I didn't hit RSFC until >just before eternal September, because I didn't pull anything from rec.*, >only news.*, sci.*, and comp.*.
On 2024-07-06, Joe@mich.com <Joe@mich.com> wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 22:28:49 -0000 (UTC), "Con Reeder, unhyphenated American" <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
On 2024-07-03, joe@mich.com <joe@mich.com> wrote:
So sad.
Yes, me too. Here is some nostalgia:
https://pmarca.substack.com/p/the-true-story-as-best-i-can-remember
Remembering the first days of the Internet when we were a million of the >>>smartest engineers and scientists connected by Usenet. Posting to newsgroups >>>where you might get an answer from the most accomplished person in the >>>world on a particular subject.
I was at Andreesen's first public demo of Mosaic, and came back to my >>>company telling everyone we had to do this. I'd been on Usenet for 4 years, >>>getting only a few newsgroups via a feed from UIUC. I didn't hit RSFC until >>>just before eternal September, because I didn't pull anything from rec.*, >>>only news.*, sci.*, and comp.*.
I first saw the internet about 1990, when when my company gave engineers Sun workstations,
along with usenet, email, and ftp,. Usenet was pretty well deveoped by then, I read
groups in almost every category. Usenet was useful as well and entertainment, but email and ftp were invaluable.
I thought that was the extent of the internet.Then in 1995 or so I was listening to the radio "Hearts of Space" and in his slow
deep drawl, he said more info could be found on the "World Wide Web". What the f*** was that?
Within 6 months we all had Netscape.Coincidentally, I tried to order a book from B&N, it would be 5 weeks
and only if their distributor carried it.Tried the WWW and discovered a small bookstore name Amazon, book
was 30% cheaper and delivered to my door in 3 days. That was when I began to think change was in the air,
and when AMZ bought Tool Crip, that confirmed it,
Sears as always special to me, it always angered me that if I could see what was coming, that their professionals
couldn't. Sears could easily have out Amazoned Amazon,or even bought and renamed AMZ but they had the same
management type as A&P and mnay others.
Was your company in Brevard at the time?
No, I was at a company in Champaign, which is how I got connected to
the internet so early. Arguably my greatest contribution was to
register cd.com when those opened up, which ended up being one of the
largest assets of the company when it was sold.
I went technical and started writing an e-commerce program which
eventually got successful enough to be bought by Red Hat. All
because I got connected to the internet at UIUC and went to see
Andreesen demonstrate Mosaic. I used BBS systems, Gopher, and WAIS
before I used www.
Con Reeder, unhyphenated American <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
On 2024-07-06, Joe@mich.com <Joe@mich.com> wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 22:28:49 -0000 (UTC), "Con Reeder, unhyphenated
American" <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
On 2024-07-03, joe@mich.com <joe@mich.com> wrote:
So sad.
Yes, me too. Here is some nostalgia:
https://pmarca.substack.com/p/the-true-story-as-best-i-can-remember
Remembering the first days of the Internet when we were a million of the >>>> smartest engineers and scientists connected by Usenet. Posting to newsgroups
where you might get an answer from the most accomplished person in the >>>> world on a particular subject.
I was at Andreesen's first public demo of Mosaic, and came back to my
company telling everyone we had to do this. I'd been on Usenet for 4 years,
getting only a few newsgroups via a feed from UIUC. I didn't hit RSFC until
just before eternal September, because I didn't pull anything from rec.*, >>>> only news.*, sci.*, and comp.*.
I first saw the internet about 1990, when when my company gave engineers Sun workstations,
along with usenet, email, and ftp,. Usenet was pretty well deveoped by then, I read
groups in almost every category. Usenet was useful as well and
entertainment, but email and ftp were invaluable.
I thought that was the extent of the internet.Then in 1995 or so I was
listening to the radio "Hearts of Space" and in his slow
deep drawl, he said more info could be found on the "World Wide Web".
What the f*** was that?
Within 6 months we all had Netscape.Coincidentally, I tried to order a
book from B&N, it would be 5 weeks
and only if their distributor carried it.Tried the WWW and discovered a
small bookstore name Amazon, book
was 30% cheaper and delivered to my door in 3 days. That was when I
began to think change was in the air,
and when AMZ bought Tool Crip, that confirmed it,
Sears as always special to me, it always angered me that if I could see
what was coming, that their professionals
couldn't. Sears could easily have out Amazoned Amazon,or even bought and >>> renamed AMZ but they had the same
management type as A&P and mnay others.
Was your company in Brevard at the time?
No, I was at a company in Champaign, which is how I got connected to
the internet so early. Arguably my greatest contribution was to
register cd.com when those opened up, which ended up being one of the
largest assets of the company when it was sold.
I went technical and started writing an e-commerce program which
eventually got successful enough to be bought by Red Hat. All
because I got connected to the internet at UIUC and went to see
Andreesen demonstrate Mosaic. I used BBS systems, Gopher, and WAIS
before I used www.
As you know my wife went to UIUC. She did work-study at the supercomputing >center there, during which she wrote the documentation for FTP.
Con Reeder, unhyphenated American <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
On 2024-07-06, Joe@mich.com <Joe@mich.com> wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 22:28:49 -0000 (UTC), "Con Reeder, unhyphenated
American" <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
On 2024-07-03, joe@mich.com <joe@mich.com> wrote:
So sad.
Yes, me too. Here is some nostalgia:
https://pmarca.substack.com/p/the-true-story-as-best-i-can-remember
Remembering the first days of the Internet when we were a million of the >>>> smartest engineers and scientists connected by Usenet. Posting to newsgroups
where you might get an answer from the most accomplished person in the >>>> world on a particular subject.
I was at Andreesen's first public demo of Mosaic, and came back to my
company telling everyone we had to do this. I'd been on Usenet for 4 years,
getting only a few newsgroups via a feed from UIUC. I didn't hit RSFC until
just before eternal September, because I didn't pull anything from rec.*, >>>> only news.*, sci.*, and comp.*.
I first saw the internet about 1990, when when my company gave engineers Sun workstations,
along with usenet, email, and ftp,. Usenet was pretty well deveoped by then, I read
groups in almost every category. Usenet was useful as well and
entertainment, but email and ftp were invaluable.
I thought that was the extent of the internet.Then in 1995 or so I was
listening to the radio "Hearts of Space" and in his slow
deep drawl, he said more info could be found on the "World Wide Web".
What the f*** was that?
Within 6 months we all had Netscape.Coincidentally, I tried to order a
book from B&N, it would be 5 weeks
and only if their distributor carried it.Tried the WWW and discovered a
small bookstore name Amazon, book
was 30% cheaper and delivered to my door in 3 days. That was when I
began to think change was in the air,
and when AMZ bought Tool Crip, that confirmed it,
Sears as always special to me, it always angered me that if I could see
what was coming, that their professionals
couldn't. Sears could easily have out Amazoned Amazon,or even bought and >>> renamed AMZ but they had the same
management type as A&P and mnay others.
Was your company in Brevard at the time?
No, I was at a company in Champaign, which is how I got connected to
the internet so early. Arguably my greatest contribution was to
register cd.com when those opened up, which ended up being one of the
largest assets of the company when it was sold.
I went technical and started writing an e-commerce program which
eventually got successful enough to be bought by Red Hat. All
because I got connected to the internet at UIUC and went to see
Andreesen demonstrate Mosaic. I used BBS systems, Gopher, and WAIS
before I used www.
As you know my wife went to UIUC. She did work-study at the supercomputing center there, during which she wrote the documentation for FTP.
Con Reeder, unhyphenated American <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
As you know my wife went to UIUC. She did work-study at the supercomputing center there, during which she wrote the documentation for FTP.
On 7/7/2024 9:49 PM, xyzzy wrote:
Con Reeder, unhyphenated American <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
As you know my wife went to UIUC. She did work-study at the supercomputing >> center there, during which she wrote the documentation for FTP.
IIRC, I used to go to various open FTP sites to park files there and
retrieve them when I got home. You could find a lot of interesting stuff
on others' FTP sites. Haven't looked in years.
So sad.
RoddyMcCorley <Roddy.McCorley@verizon.net> wrote:
On 7/3/2024 2:01 PM, joe@mich.com wrote:
So sad.
Did rsfc migrate to some place? All thee old newsgroup posts have expired. >>
Now that CF is upon us, I'd like to visit.
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