My startup [0] conducted the first, secure commercial transaction on the web in 1994. I have strong memories of taking people on the phone through the many step

My startup [0] conducted the first, secure commercial transaction on the web in 1994. I have strong memories of taking people on the phone through the many steps of downloading Trumpet Winsock via ftp from Australia so that they could then install the NCSA Mosaic web browser. Thanks, Peter, for your essential work. Here's a short video [1] Shopify released last month about the transaction, where I reference how hard it was at the time to get online. [0] http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/12/business/attention-shoppers-internet-is-open.html http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/12/business/attention-shopper... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyhA-DIYvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyhA-DIYvg