Lecture 2
Today was enlightening in the sense that I found the missing history that wasn't taught conventionally along the Magna Carta and the Cold War. It was interesting to hear that the history of our beloved, treasured internet is bound loosly to the realms of our generation. Such a new concept with names that are still influencing the world.
The lecture focused on the history of the electronic world and the two sides which have contested it: Apple and Microsoft. I have always known that there was a distinct difference between the two but have never known why. It seems that IBM and microsoft have a 'business tool' persona and apple the clarity of choice regulation thorugh it's branding.
To hear that the initial function of the internet was to aid the military was also alarming. If they had this concept and technology years before the general public, imagine the technology being developed now.
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