Re: Happy birthday

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

> No, that's much too early.  See, for example, 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web, which points out that the

> Web wasn't even a gleam in Berners-Lee's eye until 1980 or so and 
> wasn't a proposal until late 1990.  1993, when CERN set it free, as it

> were, would be a more realistic birthdate; the Wikipedia article dates

> that to "April 30, 1993", so that may be what you're thinking of.



And a few months later, in the fall of 1993, a group from our company,
Quarterdeck, flew out to meet a kid name Mark Andreeson at UCU to
license what was called a "browser".  We got the first commercial
license to Mosaic, but not fully understanding that this stuff was all
going to be FREE, proceeded to make it into a product that would go into
a shrink-wrapped box at Egghead. 

Right behind us was a fellow by the name of Jim Clarke who a) hired
Andreeson, b) raised $18 mill and c) gave it out for free.  Our copies
at Egghead languished. 

Many memories of this pivotal time.  

Alex

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