IBox
IBox (Internet in a Box) was one of the first commercially available Internet connection software packages available for sale to the public. O'Reilly & Associates (now O'Reilly Media) created and produced the package, in collaboration with Spry, Inc. Spry, Inc. also started up a commercial Internet service provider (ISP) called InterServ.[1][2]
The IBox software included the
Combined with InterServ's dial-up access, Internet in a Box provided a complete solution for members of the general public to access the Internet, a network previously available almost exclusively to government and collegiate users, or to the public only indirectly through e-mail gateways provided by hosted systems such as BBSes and CompuServe. The inclusion of a web browser further gave access to the then-nascent World Wide Web.
The pioneering Internet book from O'Reilly, Ed Krol's 'Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog' (US-1993) was included in the US product. The European edition of the product also included Sue Schofield's 'UK Internet Book' (UK 1994).
Spry, Inc.
Spry, Inc. was a small software company headed up by David Pool in
References
- ISSN 0887-7661.
- ISSN 0199-6649.
- ^ Stewart, Bill. "Web Browser History". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Sink, Eric (15 April 2003). "Memoirs From the Browser Wars". Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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- ISBN 0-672-30617-4.
External links
- Information Week article about the purchase of Spry, Inc.
- Internet writer Sue Schofield's Web page.