A liiitle bit of history Other Vista Discussions Discuss A liiitle bit of history in the Windows Vista forums; This is from an article from www.cnn.com Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites POSTED: 2:32 p.m. EST, November 1, 2006 There were just 18,000 ...

[felix8406]

This is from an article from www.cnn.com

Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites

POSTED: 2:32 p.m. EST, November 1, 2006

There were just 18,000 Web sites when Netcraft, based in Bath, England, began keeping track in August of 1995. It took until May of 2004 to reach the 50 million milestone; then only 30 more months to hit 100 million, late in the month of October 2006.

(Think about it, Vistababble is part of those 100 million sites. Although it might seem as a small pebble in the sand, it has brought us together to share the experience and the birth of Windows Vista. Let’s keep it rolling.)

[dazzlin]

Roll on, Vista Babble!

[JoshW02@hotmail.co.uk]

Did you also know that the net as we know it is 15 (same as me lol). However I don't think thats counting pre commerical internet.

[Galt]

Originally Posted by felix8406

This is from an article from www.cnn.com

Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites

There were just 18,000 Web sites when Netcraft, based in Bath, England, began keeping track in August of 1995.

(Think about it, Vistababble is part of those 100 million sites. Although it might seem as a small pebble in the sand, it has brought us together to share the experience and the birth of Windows Vista. Let’s keep it rolling.)

Hey...maybe Vista Babble is the one millionth site?

Netcraft by the way, is one of my toolbars and a favorite, since I couldn't wait for IE7 to get hot with anti-phishing. Link: http://toolbar.netcraft.com/

[Galt]

Originally Posted by JoshW02@aol.com

Did you also know that the net as we know it is 15 (same as me lol). However I don't think thats counting pre commerical internet.

Old BBS (Bullition Boards) are what the Internet as you now know it were created from long before you were a thought Josh.

Apple Computers were the very first in the late 70's, then Commodore, then PC's. I could write a couple of books about those 'good old days.'
This Forum, and thousands like it, are only a 10th of what a BBS was, and was capable of. They were the first true global interactive community and all running at 300 baud to begin with.
However old timers like myself, and thousands of others around the globe created the WWW.

[JoshW02@hotmail.co.uk]

Note I ment the commerical internet eg when the public got it therefore I am right.

[Galt]

Originally Posted by JoshW02@aol.com

Note I ment the commerical internet eg when the public got it therefore I am right.

We were the public Josh, over 150,000 independent BBS's worldwide, interconnected, at it's peak in 1992 most running 5 to 10 Nodes all one dial-up. Most with 500 to over 1000 users per BBS, all contributing to the world of computers. In fact if you were a 'user' and didn't at least post and join in, you got kicked off.

Then in 1974, Vint Cerf (known to some as the "father of the Internet"), along with Bob Kahn, wrote a new protocol, TCP (Transmission Control Protocol, that would become the accepted standard. The implementation of TCP allowed the various networks to connect into a true "internet."

Yes, many still exist, and here is one old Sysop friend's link to Sychronet BBS on either Telnet or http. Poke around, and if you check the 'BBS list' on the site, and want to see what a BBS was like, use Telnet and take a look. This forum and all the others like it, are simply one page of what a BBS is/was.

http://www.synchro.net/
http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html

Also ck: http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_I...tem__BBS_/?o=a

[JoshW02@hotmail.co.uk]

Look all the media was saying it was nets 15th Bday dis year google it.

[Galt]

I did, but didn't really have to since I was there, but here you go.

The ARPANET was the first wide area packet switching network, the "Eve" network of what has evolved into the Internet we know and love today.
BBS's ran on Packet Switching via ARPANET, then to TCP/IP in 1983.



http://www.circleid.com/posts/a_clos...ay_you_decide/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21...thday-internet
http://www.techliberation.com/archives/014307.php
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09...rnet_birthday/

[JoshW02@hotmail.co.uk]

Ive took a look at a few of your links and I guess the Nets age/Birthday is a point of view however I get what you mean PS talk about anNon Vista thread lol!!!