13 Jan
2005
13 Jan
'05
7:56 a.m.
On Jan 13, 2005, at 4:08 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
Anyways, I hope that at some point you get a chance to
write up
what you saw happening around that time with the small ISPs and
Linux, and share it with us. That goes for the other list
members too; I was hoping for a wider response, and especially
views from outside the US. I've been focusing on the 1993-4
period because of the way it set the stage for growth once the
Web caught on, but feel free to roll forward or backward too.
I was in Japan at the time... accessing the Internet via email gateways
at work, and dialup to a VAX box at home. At least in Japan, I saw
Linux have really little impact on Internet adoption... even now, I
don't think Linux is as significant as most people think. I bet that if
Linux went away tomorrow, that within 3 years, something would fill the
void. As it is, *BSD remain very good alternatives, even though they
don't have the same network effects going for them.
From my perspective, a lot of the OSS hype came from somewhat
self-serving people. Seriously... ESR seem{s|ed} like a traitor to me
in some ways...