Historical Note GOACOM was officially launched on the World Wide Web in November 1995.
Dr. Wilfred de Souza, now the Goa's Chief Minister, was in London attending a fair promoting tourism in Goa. The Goa Internet Community in the UK, through the efforts of Eddie Fernandes, invited Dr. Wilfred to a presentation of the Internet at University College. The following is an excerpt from that presentation posted on GoaNet From:Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Message from the Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. of Goa. Date: Saturday, November 18, 1995 1:38PM Dr Wilfred de Souza, the Deputy CM, launched GOACOM at 12.25 GMT on Saturday 18 November 1995. Dr. de Souza would like to send the following messages to Goa-Netters: It is indeed a pleasure to launch GOACOM today. I trust this will be the beginning of Goa being on the Internet so that Goans all over the world can communicate with each other through the fastest possible method. I'm thoroughly impressed by what the Goa Netters present have shown me. As I promised them I shall try to get a node in Goa as early as possible. Best Wishes to all Goa Netters around the world. Dr. Wilfred de Souza ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
