we can quibble about the age of different technologies and the impact they had on the dot com boom of the 90’s and 00’s, but it was more than the web. email, ir

we can quibble about the age of different technologies and the impact they had on the dot com boom of the 90’s and 00’s, but it was more than the web. email, irc, nntp, and even early p2p were all a part of the rise of that bubble. and they all had a huge impact on what came after.