I remember when microsoft.com wasn't there. There wasn't a whole lot at all. We spent our time on University unix servers and knew the unix command structure and manual ftp and telnet commands by heart. Lynx was KING! And if you wanted something you used Archie Gopher or Veronica. lol. One of the earliest most popular sites was The Well. When the web was launched MS didn't even have TCP/IP support. You had to load the sockets via Trumpet.