Questions about GUI's, Gamers, and the Internet

1. Why did it take Microsoft so long to develop a usable graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia capability (Windows 3.1, released about 1991), when computers like the Apple McIntosh and the Commodore Amiga had already had both since about 1985?

2. Name and describe two major drivers of the IBM PC-clone market during the early 1990’s.

3. What factors and events led to the development of the internet from the 1960’s to 1991? Describe these.

4. Explain how browser software originated. How did two competing browser companies, Netscape and Spyglass, emerge? What happened to each one of them?

5. I listed six things that the world wide web is used for today. Name and describe five products or services (make that five LEGAL services!) that can be offered via internet that can be used to earn money for a company. Try to think of things that would better being sold over the internet than being purchased locally.

6. I also listed six hazards of the internet. Think of two other hazards or risks that the internet poses, and describe them.