Robert W. GehlOct 27, 2023

Does this book exist?

"How Universities Lost the Internet"

or has someone done research on this topic? That is, the fact that many North American universities have ceded all technical capacity to Microsoft, Google, etc?

It used to be students could get web hosting, email, and even some cool experimental online stuff through their schools. Now every online communication channel is locked down.

Show threadRobert W. GehlOct 27, 2023
It's ironic this has happened given that the precursor to today's Internet was built on college campuses (USC, UCLA, Utah, etc)
Show threadBen StokmanOct 27, 2023

@rwg The Internet was literally given to corporations in the 90s.

And the shift to using these services is because everyone is using email, calendars, meetings, etc. -- not just geeky people who know how to actually use a computer.

Show threadSasha Akhavi
@benjistokman @rwg I do think that university IT techs and administrators would have a fascinating tale to tell of the last 20 years — I don’t know of any studies focusing on them.
Oct 28, 2023 at 12:14amWeb