CDR: Re: I created the "Al Gore created the Internet" story

At 02:15 PM 10/24/00 -0400, Craig Brozefsky wrote:

I suppose one could say that the bundling of ISP services with the default Windows install increased the rate of new internet users significantly, but the explosive growth has already started by then.

I've come to see that it was the kink of the hockey stick that became evident, and a lot of mutually reinforcing factors were involved --including a more mature Mac IP environment, adding a browser to the email/usenet/ftp/wais net tools, eliminating TCP/IP stack install for the majority, general exponential deployment of computers, faster comm, changed NSF policy. Though it seems individual estimates of each factor's importance varies with experience. dh