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He wanted a pay-to-view internet super-highway too. Only the consumers decided and favored the open WWW instead of his The Microsoft Network (as can be found pr
by frik 10y ago
He wanted a pay-to-view internet super-highway too. Only the consumers decided and favored the open WWW instead of his The Microsoft Network (as can be found preinstalled in Win95) - He had to rewrite his The Road Ahead 1995 book after 6 months, as WWW won. (first edition is hardcover, second edition is paperback)
- dopeboy 10y agoThat piqued my curiosity - didn't know that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up
- xellisx 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3DudqwsRPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3DudqwsRPw
- frik 10y agoVideo of The Microsoft Network - 1995 advertisement video with young Jennifer Aniston actress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc&t=17m44s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc&t=17m44s
- dbg31415 10y agoAnd Matthew Perry! But seriously... angry dudes talking about music nuances without realizing that sarcasm doesn't translate over typing, and cat photos. Things haven't changed that much... Until you watch about 30 seconds here... remember this is a MARKETING video. Ha, wow that's changed... a lot. Can you imagine any marketing video today going into technical detail like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc&t=44m30s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc&t=44m30s
- phs318u 10y agoYes. MSN was intended to compete with Compuserve. Neither could compete with the www.