Thursday, April 23, 2009

Death In The Electronic Family

So Long, GeoCities: We Forgot You Still Existed - PC World: "GeoCities, a free Web hosting service that achieved fame in the mid-90s, died Thursday at the Yahoo headquarters in Silicon Valley. GeoCities was 15 years old.

GeoCities had suffered a long and drawn-out battle with its health over the past decade. An antiquated service model and outdated technology are widely blamed for the struggle. An official cause of death, however, has yet to be determined..."

1 comment:

billy pilgrim said...

i remember my son and his friends taking their first i.t. courses at school and setting up their websites through geocities.