I still can’t believe I was lucky enough to not only grow up with the Internet, but also GNU and Linux and BSD existing as two very independent and thriving pro

I still can’t believe I was lucky enough to not only grow up with the Internet, but also GNU and Linux and BSD existing as two very independent and thriving projects as OpenBSD and FreeBSD. Many sub-projects forks and derivations have come and gone over the years. Long may they continue. It actually brings into highlight though that despite the fecundity of OSs, we only have one Internet (unless you count v6 as separate?). In another timeline, just as GNU and BSD coexisted, perhaps there was also an Internet and alongside it a parallel and equally thriving online network... Transcom? Worldmesh? Digizone?