How the Mac was born... supposedly...

[William Donzelli]

> That would be the flood of AOL floppies, and the run of $300 PCs after 
> rebate because you signed up for AOL for 3 years at $20/mn.
> 
> Everyone who was "hip" was getting online. AOL made it hip, and everyone 
> who thought they could suck a dime out of the public joined in. The 
> internet was just convenient because college students were talking about 
> it, and it was free content that these fly by night ISPs could offer, 
> while charging the same rate AOL/CompuServe/Prodigy et all were charging 
> for their "custom" content.
> 
> At least that is the way I saw it go in the mid 90's.

You saw very correctly. Saw it with my own eyes...

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org   (ex william at ans.net and integrat at usr.com)
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                                         Jack R is probably still mad.