American Decades
"Who Won the Mosaic War?"
Journal article
By: Hal Berghel
Date: October 1998
Source: Berghel, Hal. "Who Won the Mosaic War?" Communications of the ACM 41, no. 10, October 1998, 13–16.
About the Author: Hal Berghel (1946–) is a professor and chair of computer science at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Berghel has published widely on computing; his research interests include electronic communities, electronic information management, and software and information architectures. Berghel received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Outstanding Lecturer of the Year award in 1996, 1997, and 1998.
Introduction
In the 1990s boom of the technology industry, dot.coms and companies that developed and sold software sprang up by the hundreds. On paper these companies could make millions of dollars in a short time. The quickly moving technology market...
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1990's Media Primary Sources
- Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
- "The Art World & I Go On Line"
- "Hypocrisy Rules the Airwaves"
- "The Next Big Thing: A Bookstore?"
- Walt Handelsman Editorial Cartoons
- "What Level of Protection for Internet Speech?"
- "Roll Over, Ward Cleaver"
- "Comparing Net Directories"
- "Assignment: The Cable News Battle"
- "Who Won the Mosaic War?"
- "Much Ado About Nothing: Some Final Thoughts on Seinfeld"
- "Ken Burns Makes History Happen Now"
- "Is Fox News Fair?"
- "It's a Wonderful Life"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
