Money didn't come into it until the first search engines allowed the monetisation of the Net. (Unless you consider the difficulty of computer faculties getting

Money didn't come into it until the first search engines allowed the monetisation of the Net. (Unless you consider the difficulty of computer faculties getting funding from University administrations.) Prior to that, it was 99% an interactive learning area with the oldies teaching the newbies. In fact probably 95% of the Net back then was run by Universities all over the world.