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Before Global Voices & The Internet, There was PLATO

There’s an article in Wired about Microsoft’s Chief Software Officer Ray Ozzie, who in the 70s was part of the PLATO project, which inspired him to create Lotus Notes. From Wikipedia: “PLATO was the first (circa 1960, on ILLIAC I)... ...full story at Mutant Palm

from Mutant Palm on Thu, Nov 27 2008

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