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# Example: PC Pioneers on the Internet

Even the pioneers of personal computing almost missed the boat in realizing the similar exponential growth of network communications.

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## Bill Gates memo 1995: the Internet Tidal Wave

[Gates memo](https://lettersofnote.com/2011/07/22/the-internet-tidal-wave) Gates was playing catch-up with Netscape - the first version of the browser launched in late 1994... and thus the browser wars had begun.

Even the pioneer of personal computing almost missed the boat in realizing the similar exponential growth of network communications.

## Steve Jobs 1985 playboy interview

> Jobs: The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people-as remarkable as the telephone.

Apple’s own browser, Safari was only released in 2003.


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