Larry Wall gives The Second State of the Perl Onion.
The Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution event is held at Stanford.
Netscape announces that it will open the source code of its browser.
AOL buys Netscape for $4 billion.
Microsoft integrates its browser with its operating system.
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act is passed.
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is passed.
Indonesian President Suharto resigns in the face of Internet-organized protests.