One main word: Slower. These days, if you strike a problem, you can get feedback from thousands of guys on the Web who have been there before you. Back then, y

One main word: Slower. These days, if you strike a problem, you can get feedback from thousands of guys on the Web who have been there before you. Back then, you didn't have those guys and you had to gradually work out your own solution to the problem. Sometimes you didn't. And had to abort that project.