>I guess similar terms today would be Web3 or Metaverse where lots of industry players agree it is desirable but don't agree on what it would look like. A buzzw

>I guess similar terms today would be Web3 or Metaverse where lots of industry players agree it is desirable but don't agree on what it would look like. A buzzword. well the Microsoft attempt was making an AOL-like half-assed contracted ISP (MSN) to compete with Excite/Yahoo/Lycos so they could shove ad-like experiences into peoples browser start page. Let's hope the web3/metaverse turns out a bit more user-oriented -- 90s web companies were brutal.