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From: Dustin Cook on 18 Jun 2010 16:20 za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote in news:hvbhhi$nmv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:10:32 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: > >> What's in a Name? <maxpro4u(a)hotmail.com> wrote in >> news:20100614144306.7671e424.maxpro4u(a)hotmail.com: >> >>> Most users use whatever OS came on their PC. Most PCs come with some >>> flavor of windows. >> >> There is good reason for that. For the most part when the Internet >> took off (even a bit before), there was Windows or Mac (who was too >> market dumb to capture the market). Linux wasn't even born > > More waffle. When did the Internet take off bumhole? > > Linus first post was 1991. HTML 1.0 formally published 1993. > > Windows 3.11 1993. Did that have a browser. I don't remember one. BBS > maybe. It didn't come out of the box with one, but you could get IE back in the day for it. :) Netscape as well. even Opera had a 16bit version at one point. -- The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! So he went back over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! - Green Jelly The Bear Song
From: Dustin Cook on 18 Jun 2010 16:20 H-Man <Spam(a)bites.fs> wrote in news:4c19505e$0$77550$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:00:11 +0100, za kAT wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:10:32 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: >> >>> What's in a Name? <maxpro4u(a)hotmail.com> wrote in >>> news:20100614144306.7671e424.maxpro4u(a)hotmail.com: >>> >>>> Most users use whatever OS came on their PC. Most PCs come with >>>> some flavor of windows. >>> >>> There is good reason for that. For the most part when the Internet >>> took off (even a bit before), there was Windows or Mac (who was too >>> market dumb to capture the market). Linux wasn't even born >> >> More waffle. When did the Internet take off bumhole? >> >> Linus first post was 1991. HTML 1.0 formally published 1993. >> >> Windows 3.11 1993. Did that have a browser. I don't remember one. BBS >> maybe. >> >> If you are going to play the elder statesman, at least check your >> facts. >> >> Cretinous. > > Spyglass Mosaic was released in '93, and IE1 was released in '95. > AFAIK, Win3.11 didn't get IE until like '96. Not sure if Mosaic was > released for Win3 in '93 or if that was later, but I remember having > internet access for Windows '95 first. That was when dial up became > affordable in my area. I got Win95 the day after the official release. > Had a 75MHz pentium machine with 16MB of memory and I had to upgrade > to a 2MB video card. High tech at the time. The really fast machines > were 90 or 100MHz machines, man those really cooked! ..... > > Sorry, kinda went off onto memory lane. I'd say it took off in the > second half of '95 in my area anyway. If I remember correctly, by '96 > or '97, I was dual booting a RH linux version with Win95. > Cripes. the vanilla version of win95? Not even A, b, or c yet? :) -- The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! So he went back over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! - Green Jelly The Bear Song
From: Dustin Cook on 18 Jun 2010 16:21 Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in news:Xns9D99BED76FE69bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: > za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote in > news:hvbksp$4u1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:29:51 -0600, H-Man wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:00:11 +0100, za kAT wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:10:32 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: >>>> >>>>> What's in a Name? <maxpro4u(a)hotmail.com> wrote in >>>>> news:20100614144306.7671e424.maxpro4u(a)hotmail.com: >>>>> >>>>>> Most users use whatever OS came on their PC. Most PCs come with >>>>>> some flavor of windows. >>>>> >>>>> There is good reason for that. For the most part when the Internet >>>>> took off (even a bit before), there was Windows or Mac (who was too >>>>> market dumb to capture the market). Linux wasn't even born >>>> >>>> More waffle. When did the Internet take off bumhole? >>>> >>>> Linus first post was 1991. HTML 1.0 formally published 1993. >>>> >>>> Windows 3.11 1993. Did that have a browser. I don't remember one. >>>> BBS maybe. >>>> >>>> If you are going to play the elder statesman, at least check your >>>> facts. >>>> >>>> Cretinous. >>> >>> Spyglass Mosaic was released in '93, and IE1 was released in '95. >>> AFAIK, Win3.11 didn't get IE until like '96. Not sure if Mosaic was >>> released for Win3 in '93 or if that was later, but I remember having >>> internet access for Windows '95 first. That was when dial up became >>> affordable in my area. I got Win95 the day after the official >>> release. Had a 75MHz pentium machine with 16MB of memory and I had to >>> upgrade to a 2MB video card. High tech at the time. The really fast >>> machines were 90 or 100MHz machines, man those really cooked! ..... >>> >>> Sorry, kinda went off onto memory lane. I'd say it took off in the >>> second half of '95 in my area anyway. If I remember correctly, by '96 >>> or '97, I was dual booting a RH linux version with Win95. >> >> Sounds about right. I had to pull a very old copy of the GNU testament >> of the shelf. 1994. I was messing with Win 3.11 and a Linux [no idea >> what. I remember something about Walnut Creek?] on a 486 DX2. I think >> you are right win 95 was my first Internet experience, on a P75, but I >> vaguely remember using a DOS browser Arachne, shortly before or after, >> canny remember. >> >> Not sure you would call that the time the Internet took off though. It >> was still pretty geeky. I remember how excited I was the first time I >> used a BBS. Funny. >> > > Heh, I had Win 3.0 in 1990. Go you. :) I had win3.1 on a 286 back then. <G> -- The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! So he went back over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! - Green Jelly The Bear Song
From: »Q« on 17 Jun 2010 23:03 In <news:Xns9D9AB5E453F3bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net>, Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: > I would hate to see this group be dominated by Linux discussions. You can't accomplish your goals by pitching these hissy fits whenever people post about GNU/Linux. You'll need to do a couple of things to have any chance: 1) Start posting about freeware that isn't GNU/Linux. 2) Stop making thousands of posts about GNU/Linux yourself, if you have the willpower. Good luck in preventing the imaginary takeover of the group!
From: za kAT on 18 Jun 2010 16:47
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:53:27 +0200, whistleblower wrote: > FWIW I have no view on whether you discuss linux on A.C.F. or not Worth = 0 > but it is a provable fact that better forums exist. Then prove it. [rest binned unread] -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration! |