Now it's the 90's...a decade in progress

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1990

Blue Sky Software is founded in La Jolla, California.

Windows 3.0 takes off.

True Type font technology is introduced.

Visual Basic makes it possible for developers to create graphical, Windows-based applications.

America Online enters the marketplace.

Modem speeds reach 14,400 bps.

1991

The World Wide Web is established and the first commercial use of the Internet takes place.

OEMs lighten the load with laptop and notebook computers.

CDs win the war against vinyl and take on the floppy disk market.

Mariah Carey thrills radio listeners with Someday, Emotions, I Don't Wanna Cry, and Love Takes Time.

1992

Blue Sky Software ships RoboHELP.

The term "surfing the Net" is coined.

Windows invades over 25 million computers.

The Michaelangelo virus threatens to infect PCs all over the world on March 8th.

Bill Clinton is elected President.

Country star Billy Ray Cyrus yodels his way to the top with Achy Breaky Heart.

1993

Businesses and the media start taking the Internet seriously.

The Whitehouse and Pizza Hut go online.

The Internet Society is founded.

Intel announces the Pentium 32-bit architecture.

The first cyberbank, First Virtual, opens.

RealAudio develops an audio streaming technology for hearing Internet broadcasts in real-time.

Traditional online dialup services (CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy) provide Internet access.

Netscape goes public.

1994

Modems speeds double to 28,800 bps.

Internet Talk Radio begins broadcasting.

A flaw is discovered in the Pentium chip.

First Internet shopping malls are launched.

Pop 40-hit The Sign aces the charts.

Life is like a box of chocolates for Tom Hanks and Forest Gump.

1995

Microsoft starts it up with Windows 95.

Microsoft's WinHelp 4.0 for Windows 95 takes the Help development world by storm.

Blue Sky Software ships WinHelp Office.

Netscape's Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer play dueling browsers.

Over 37 percent of U.S. households are estimated to have personal computers.

Sheryl Crow makes everyone happy with All I Wanna Do.

Braveheart Mel Gibson dons a skirt and wins an Oscar.

1996

Internet servers exceed 10,000,000.

Modem speeds race to 33,600 bps.

Microsoft establishes MS/NBC.

Windows NT is shipped.

The Macarena replaces line-dancing.

1997

Microsoft unveils HTML Help Workshop.

Blue Sky Software changes the Help authoring world and ships WinHelp 2000 and RoboHTML.

Pathfinder successfully lands on Mars and sends awesome images back to Earth.