Thanks to Nasci's email (in cyberspace, nothing ever gets wasted), John D'Souza, one of the original members of the GoaCom (or was it GoaWeb still then?) early team, sent me a link to some very interesting information from those bad ole days :-)
QUOTE E-Mail, a brand new concept to the audience was of special interest. It was now possible to an instant message electronic mail to the President of the United States. Wow! Or, maybe, just the president of a company you’d like as a client. The ease and immediacy of e-mail was explained and how they could get a e-mail account and send/receive e-mail like a seasoned user. Goa-Net had recently been started by Herman Carneiro and was in its infancy. The audience was shown how they could register with this mailing list to send/receive posts from Goans around the world. GOAWEB was a Goa focused website started by Marlon Menezes on the University of Illinois’ computer. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnb2FuYXJjaGl2ZXNjYW5hZGF8Z3g6MjdhYzE3MjJjZGRlOTBlNg ENDQUOTE PS: Of course, the third pioneer working at roughly the same time was Uly Menezes in the Gulf. --FN -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 [email protected] Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John D'Souza <[email protected]> Date: 1 September 2012 23:39 Subject: Goanet, Goaweb, and Goacom Mystery To: [email protected], Fred N <[email protected]> Hi Nasci & Frederick Please see: http://www.goanvoice.ca/2012/issue18/peopleplacesthings.htm#ppt_1 https://sites.google.com/site/goanarchivescanada/home/introducing-the-internet-to-goans-in-the-greater-toronto-area-1995 John J. D'Souza Please use the email address below to update your records [email protected] Surf: www.goanvoice.ca Thanks
