Okay, well, it's not necessarily the exact date that the internet was created, but for us, it's still important. On this day - March 15, 1985 - the internet became commericialized to the public. And since commercialization required simplification, they invented the .com ending for public websites. That way, people could access web sites without having to be a computer genius. But the .com was simply the beginning. On this date, the very first dot-com website (Symbolics.com) was created. And now, 25 years later, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation now estimate that there are approx. 80 million dot-com domain names. And most of that growth only appeared in the last 15 years. The world of technology is changing fast -- but today, let us take the time to appreciate the Internet's humble beginnings.
It's hard to fathom that 1) there are that many sites out there, 2) that there was ever a time when .com didn't exist, and 3) it was mostly my generation that caused the boom of internet growth. It always seems like the Internet was this thing that's existed forever, but that's because we grew up with it. That's one of the main reasons why my generation has influenced technology so much. We adapted to it naturally, whereas the generation before us had to learn it the hard way.
Link to the original article:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/03/15/internet.anniversery/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
It's hard to fathom that 1) there are that many sites out there, 2) that there was ever a time when .com didn't exist, and 3) it was mostly my generation that caused the boom of internet growth. It always seems like the Internet was this thing that's existed forever, but that's because we grew up with it. That's one of the main reasons why my generation has influenced technology so much. We adapted to it naturally, whereas the generation before us had to learn it the hard way.
Link to the original article:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/03/15/internet.anniversery/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
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