"On April 22, 1993, a group of students at the University of Illinois released a piece of computer code designed to get information from various public networks." from news.com's Mother of Invention article.
As the browser world appoaches adolescences there is a growing need for standardization. The standardization of the browser has been inhibited by the bully of every information technology school yard, Microsoft.
In 1995 Microsoft set out to become number one in the browser market. Seven years later, they've succeeded (but at great cost to the industry and the consumer).
More on all this later. For now, check out Upstarts: Evolution creates second wave from CNET's News.com.
Posted by TheIdeaMan at April 16, 2003 10:48 AM