[p2p-research] Slashdot | Geocities Shutting Down Today

[Paul D. Fernhout]

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/26/1359223/Geocities-Shutting-Down-Today
"Geocities is closing today. Its advent in 1995 was a sign of the rising 
'Internet for everyone' era, when connection speeds were 1,000x or 2,000x 
slower than is common today. You may love it or hate it, but millions of 
people had their first contact with a Web presence right here. I know that 
Geocities is something that most Slashdotters will see as a n00b thing — the 
Internet was fine before Geocities — but nevertheless I think that some 
credit is due. Heck, there's even a modified xkcd homepage to mark the 
occasion."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/geocities-closing.html

--Paul Fernhout
http://www.pdfernhout.net/