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"You see, back in 1994 Facebook hadn't yet invented the Internet, so if you wanted to go online and let your computer transfer viruses to and from other compute
by diebir 8y ago
"You see, back in 1994 Facebook hadn't yet invented the Internet, so if you wanted to go online and let your computer transfer viruses to and from other computers, you had to use one of the many private networks."
Wrong, the Internet was well and alive and anybody who had a clue was looking at it. Microsoft, with its typical arrogance thought they could build their own and supersede the Internet. It was a monumental failure and Microsoft Network became a joke and embarrassment.
This view is not even from the US, but from the outside, a place where the whole country's internet connection went via a single link.