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It was 1990. No one was really ordering stuff over the internet yet. Commercial commerce was still sort of a taboo since, by and large, it was funded by public
by danmg 6y ago
It was 1990. No one was really ordering stuff over the internet yet. Commercial commerce was still sort of a taboo since, by and large, it was funded by public research monies.
Now? He probably has some webmail account so he can sign up for online banking, utility accounts, and all the other mundane stuff people do online which would have been science fiction back then.
- dhosek 6y agoEven in the early 90s, there was debate about whether it was acceptable to include an advertising tagline in your signature on Usenet posts.