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We didn't have personal computers back then. Try to imagine if you'd had to design the web based on mainframes, and you had to go to a sort of cybercafe to rent
by scholia 11y ago
We didn't have personal computers back then. Try to imagine if you'd had to design the web based on mainframes, and you had to go to a sort of cybercafe to rent a dumb terminal....
Remember also that technology was very expensive so the "ownership, attribution, quotation" system was the basis for micropayments.
By the way, it's a terrific interview, and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it....
- colanderman 11y agoOh I totally get that! I'm commenting on where the web is now, in contrast to Mr. Nelson's view of what it "should" be.