when I first saw the “mosaic” the browser - the first one with inline images? I 
infamously said the internet would collapse because unknowing people might put 
a 800Kb image file right on a page and you’d download just by visiting the site!

I guess we made faster modems instead.



On Dec 23, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Laurence Mills-Gahl <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> I'm not sure this new-fangled "electronic distribution" will catch on. I just 
> bought my wife a Mac Book Air with a software package for word processing, 
> spread sheets and presentations (I'll not use the name because I don't want 
> to be mean to the Redmond based company) and they shipped me a box via UPS 
> that was carried to my door and contained a card with 14 characters on it 
> that I could type into the program once I downloaded it. 
> 
> Back when I worked in video, we used to joke about sending a tape via fedex 
> because it would get there more quickly than trying to download something. In 
> this case, it took approximately 61 hours to deliver fourteen characters. 
> 0.00051 bps … I think I just heard my 2400b modem laugh from the basement.
> 
> 
> Larry Mills-Gahl
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Jesse Tayler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> no mention of WebObjects, but some good stories about NeXT and those days, 
>> for those interested!
>> 
>> https://twitter.com/tendigi/status/413356798260043776
>> 
>> please re-tweet if you like!
>> 
>> best
>> 
>> jess
>> 
>> 
>> 
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