Submitted 1 year ago by lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org to retronet@lemmy.sdf.org
1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.
Dude I love walks through computer history like this and I’m just bummed that the CEO didn’t entertain it even a little. Obv still fit the theme but damn
Loved the article though.
I remember working for a small local ISP in the late 90s. We didn’t offer unlimited accounts and charged people overages for any hours over the amount they selected with their account. As an employee I didn’t have these restrictions and even put in a second line in my house so I could use the one modem 24/7 and use the 2nd line to double my bandwidth (to a whopping 67Kbps) overnight. I ended up using more time in a month than there was actual hours. One month as a joke the billing manager sent me the bill that I would have received if I was a normal customer and it was in the tens of thousands of dollars. I want to say I got the hint and started using less time and resources, but honestly thinking back on it, I doubt that was the case.
CEO sounds like he thinks this guy was getting a hold of him to complain. Or a businessman, and not a technology person.
I love that everyone has collectively decided OS X is still OS X no matter how hard Apple tries to rebrand it.
I’m also a fan of the author bringing a box of disks with him on a family trip.
empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 year ago
All these years later, and the ISP president still responds to users like a dick. Classic.
lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
yeh, the author didn’t seem to mind his reply but would it have killed the guy to be a little more cordial with his tone?
empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 year ago
It’s the tone of someone who is THE BOSS and wants to ensure everyone knows he is THE BOSS. Shows how little people change over 25 years. I do not care for it very much.