Post #1927087

2026-04-23 11:21 UTC

@mcjk @gael No, there was search & social media (And NTTP/Newsgroups) before Google & Facebook. BBS predates websites. Microsoft founded 1975 (ported Dartmouth BASIC to 8080) & Web sites are from about 1992, not widespread to public till 1993. Arpanet, the predecessor to the non-Web Internet had TCP/IP from 1972. The non-Web Internet approximately 1988. We never needed MS (DOS was a clone of CP/M). We never needed WFW3.11 or Win9x (Win10 based on WinNT 1993). UNIX 1976. Free BSD before NT.

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@Fxiz@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 12:48

@raymaccarthy @mcjk @gael my friend there is a concept of investers. A lot of things exists in this world, but not many knows about them. Someone invested in it to make it that popular, and that's why many knows them now. Investment bought the fast and wide development of the tools. How it went down the road and how people sees it now does not invalidate the whole history.

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@unaegeli@swiss.social 2026-04-23 12:52

@raymaccarthy Exactly! There were good search engines like Altavista etc. before Gougle. I never needed it and I didn't waited for it ;-) @mcjk @gael

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@strigga_@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 15:35

@raymaccarthy @mcjk @gael dude feel free to go back to the nineties. I prefer living now and would like to See Google, Facebook and Microsoft respect european laws But money makes the rules

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@A_Minion@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 16:11

@raymaccarthy @mcjk @gael Just a small addition if I may. Amazon's predecessor was ""The Whole Catalogue" except you bought from the producer not have an added fee for what's his name. . .

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@leeloo@c.im 2026-04-23 17:29

@raymaccarthy @mcjk @gael And Microsoft created the Microsoft Network to replace the internet, then had to rush out and buy what would later become Internet Explorer when they realized their mistake.

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