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8. Aleks Totic, of Mosaic and Netscape

Internet History Podcast

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The Rise and Fall of NCSA

Back then, it used to ship software on CV ROMs. And the funniest, I mean, the coolest part early on was that all the communications went directly to him. So there was this really intimate, crazy thing where there is kind of people talking to you and you're just one guy right there doing stuff. Right. Well, and also when you push out a new feature, you can get feedback instantaneously. Oh, the feedback was instant. Back then, it was completely revolutionary. Today, it's all quite common. BackThen, it was the same. The original six hacker structures were replaced by grown-ups who ran NCSA as a serious project. You know

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