Picture of Fran & Al's study 1990
Author Unknown
How the Internet REALLY began.....
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name
of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name
of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and
long of leg. Indeed, she had been called Amazon Dot Com. And
she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel far
from town to town with thy goods when thou can trade without
ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle
bags short of a camel load, but simply said,
"How, Dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and
drums in between to send messages saying what you
have for sale and they will reply telling you which hath the
best price. And the sale can be made on the drums and
delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her
way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an
immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the
top price, without ever moving from his tent.
But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did
secret himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of
insider trading. And the young man did take to Dot Com's
trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They
were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites,
or NERDS for short. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy
at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums, that no
one noticed that the real riches were going to the drum
maker, one Brother William of Gates, who bought up every drum
company in the land. And indeed did insist on making drums
that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and
drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being
taken over by others."
And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it
came to be known 'eBay'. He said, "We need a
name that reflects what we are."
Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
"YAHOO", said Abraham.
And that is how it all began. It wasn't Al Gore after all.