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> That's more than a year or two into the internet (and even the Web.) Around 1998 was the time when Microsoft started pushing it out of the geek space into ma
by johannes1234321 5y ago
> That's more than a year or two into the internet (and even the Web.)
Around 1998 was the time when Microsoft started pushing it out of the geek space into mainstream, but AOL and CompuServe were still around. This was when Microsoft pushed the "Active desktop" and other things.
However the Internet still was of united use for most people. eBay was founded only in 1995, Amazon in 1994. And global expansion took time.
People still used 28.8 Baud or 56k Modems. ADSL wasn't broadly available, yet.
Sure, some companies started using it as a communication network between offices, universities and geeks used it. But all in a relatively small niche.