Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

Broad Band is not a book about the business of tech; in terms of influence and impact on the industry, the importance of the women featured may be slightly overstated. What the book’s subjects do represent is the importance of the user—the person logging on at home, rather than the startup guru—in shaping digital worlds. This inverse history is welcome, especially at a time when the internet economy tends to reward owners more than participants: The founders and employees of companies like Yelp and Facebook, for example, have made millions, while the users who generate the content their platforms rely on remain unpaid.

True words. The internet had a much different feel back in the day, and I think this really puts a finger on why.

[–] xyzzy 0 points (+0|-0)

But Al Gore made the internet, he put the tubes together himself.

[–] Kannibal [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

Before Algore, the Internet was basically a private government network with some universities plugged into it

Thanks to Algore (and others), the Internet became a public resource.

Some people have been unhappy about this, and been complaining about it ever since.

So not exactly what you meant, but you won't thank him for this either.

Even though you benefit from this every day.

[–] xyzzy 0 points (+0|-0)

I'm not unhappy about this or wouldn't thank him.

But he made that statement sound like he was way more important than he was. There were thousands of people involved and still are, but the only ones who get credit are him and Tim Berners Lee.

[–] Kannibal [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

I'll agree that his choice of words was incredibly poorly chosen

almost like a geek would do

Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

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