The great kernel adventure was always accompanied by the hope that this time, the new software packages might be more stable than the previous ones. A couple of days later it was also on the list at Cern. The first robot, JumpStation, comes to visit, and the next day, the WebCrawler pays us a visit as well. There are texts and a couple of pictures from this and other events. As from January 20th 1995 the webserver has a full text search index which has since been completely refurbished.
Computer networks are more than a mere infrastructure for the transportation of data.
Distributed electronic communication produces an independent social space. From within the network itself, the project sets about to examine the rules, customs and institutions that hold the Internet together and at the same time bring about its change. Material and immaterial, technical and social elements of the network permeate each other and develop in a reciprocal manner, according to the thesis. Three complementary lines of examination can be discerned. The third branch of research is devoted to the prerequisites, forms and consequences of the upward transformation of Usenet.