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> How much did Disney invest in backbone Internet technologies in the 1990s? Disney invested billions in dot-com nonsense. Starwave [1]. The Go.com debacle [2
by JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
> How much did Disney invest in backbone Internet technologies in the 1990s?
Disney invested billions in dot-com nonsense.
Starwave [1]. The Go.com debacle [2]. (Pets.com [3]!)
I think they even built a data center in Orlando.
[1] https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980501/2748296/disney-completes-buyout-of-starwave#:~:text=After%20a%20yearlong,not%20publicly%20disclosed.&text=After%20a%20yearlong,to%20acquire%20Starwave. https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980501/2748296/di...
[2] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/disney-to-shutter-go-com-portal/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/disney-to-sh...
[3] https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/go-com-shapes-alliance-with-pets-com/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/go-com-shapes-allian...
- ModernMech 2mo agoI said backbone internet technologies on purpose. I don’t think those things qualify.