Internet Cafs: What’s On the Menu?
As far as blending ideas go, internet cafs rank somewhere up there with peanut butter & jelly and waterbeds. After all, who doesn’t enjoy spending a relaxing hour or two browsing the internet while enjoying delicious food?The first instance of internet cafs was the SFnet Coffeehouse Network, started in July 1991 by Wayne Gregori of San Francisco. Computers were installed in 25 coffeehouses around San Francisco, and access was available for only a few quarters. Users on the public computers could converse with those with home computers, which often led to face-to-face meetings known as Net-Gets. (more…)
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