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[Nigel Goodwin]

yes, I agree that the "internet" was around in the late '80s and I am very proud of you for being on the cutting edge of internet usage. However, you got a few things wrong.
1) the word internet has been around since the 1970s so I assume the network it was named for also existed in the 1970s.

And we all know 'assume' stands for!

Prior to the late 80's I believe it was called Arpanet?, and wasn't available top the public.

2) I didn't say "before the internet" existed, I said, "pre-internet". If you look up the phrase, pre-internet, you'll realize not all words Have the technical accuracy you would like to see (or like others to have because you actually seem pretty sloppy yourself - see point 1 above). In any case, pre-internet implies a period of time before 1993 or 1994 (before companies started Developing websites, families started getting web access and email.

Incorrect again, the internet existed a fair while before websites, and pre-internet would be before the late 80's - the internet isn't just websites, and never was.

again, pre-internet was a time, Internet is a network. Two completely different things.

PS, I'm sorry you felt the need to buy a browser. Netscape was always free.

As I recall that was exactly what I bought, as part of their Internet Suite - and while the browser may have been free, the suite wasn't.

 

[gophert]

Incorrect again, the internet existed a fair while before websites, and pre-internet would be before the late 80's - the internet isn't just websites, and never was.

Sorry, I didn't mean to upend your very ridgidly defined view of life. Enjoy the rest of your day under your rock.

You better write a letter to the historians that and others that study life style, marketing, commerce, information delivery and communications pre- and post-internet. I'm sure they would be really happy to hear that their definition of the phrase, "pre-internet" is wrong even though they defined the phrase - which I copied in my previous post. I'm sure they will quickly make corrections to all of their previously published articles & textbooks and contact former students to make sure everyone is aware of the Nigel definition.