When I said "the intranet started to creep in" what I meant was that I noticed that content information (and later apps) that used to go into a Lotus Notes appl

When I said "the intranet started to creep in" what I meant was that I noticed that content information (and later apps) that used to go into a Lotus Notes application was instead created by someone as HTML files, and put on a server somewhere on the intranet (often their local machine). Writing a Notes app and getting manager approval could be a lot of hassle, so it was often far simpler to open a text editor, write some HTML, and share the local network path with fellow workers. In those days Windows machine on an intranet could have a dedicated URL, using a system called "WINS" I think I think that writing static HTML websites then acted as the "gateway drug" to dynamic webapps further down the line.