1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.
All these years later, and the ISP president still responds to users like a dick. Classic.
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?
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.
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 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.
