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Heh. 1994 was when I helped convince the large technical service business I worked for that we should have an internet connection. The big use case was downlo
by MattPalmer1086 5y ago
Heh. 1994 was when I helped convince the large technical service business I worked for that we should have an internet connection.
The big use case was downloading drivers and other things that previously had to posted on floppy disks, which often took weeks.
We also got web browsing, but there really wasn't much up there to begin with. You could play guess the domain name or find a few link listings on some pages. Altavista appeared pretty soon though.
EDIT: Said 1995, but was in fact 1994.
- acdha 5y agoYeah, we take downloads for granted these days but FTP sure freed up a lot of waste time compared to filling floppies (remember people juggling how to pack them since each one cost enough money to add up?) and delivering them, or, later, having burn a new CD with updates for a handful of files.