[ih] more gopher baroque, "The Internet runs on Proposed Standards"

[Dave Crocker]

On 12/7/2022 10:50 AM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
> I recall that I demonstrated the Web in the early 90s to everyone I 
> could accost at Oracle, from the receptionist to the Chairman of the 
> Board.   They all "got it" and thought it was promising even if there 
> was little content online at the time.

In 1990, I did a half-day class about Internet tech, as part of a 
week-long CMU class for some AT&T folk. I included a gopher demo, to get 
some class participation, starting with a master page that listed areas 
of the globe.

The class choices eventually got us down to Wellington, New Zealand.

Listed there was the Wellington Town Council and I saw an entry for the 
Town Council minutes.  For the previous week.  Which we were looking at 
from Pittsburgh.

That's the first time I finally understood what globalized use of the 
net was going to look like.

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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