CompuServe Messages

Patrick: >Remember it took 25 years before Gutenberg's press began to have a discernable impact on the literate world of the medieval period. It will still be some time before the later day progeny of today's programming tools begin to really "change the world".< True–but Gutenberg didn't have electronic communications in his corner <g>… Can you imagine what would have happened w/, say, Martin Luther's 95 Theses if he'd been able to post them on the Internet instead of on the door of the Wittenburg Church? (Can you say "flame war"? <g>) Best, Tim