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- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 40 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 40
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 60 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 60
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Prodigy Interactive Personal Service Start-up Kit, 1991 - Before the Internet was accessible to the nontechnical public, consumers subscribed to networking services like Prodigy. Along with competitors like CompuServe and America Online, Prodigy promoted the Internet as a tool for information, shopping, and fun. This startup kit included a modem, software, and a free month of access to "a world of continually expanding and updated information and services."
- 1991
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Prodigy Interactive Personal Service Start-up Kit, 1991
Before the Internet was accessible to the nontechnical public, consumers subscribed to networking services like Prodigy. Along with competitors like CompuServe and America Online, Prodigy promoted the Internet as a tool for information, shopping, and fun. This startup kit included a modem, software, and a free month of access to "a world of continually expanding and updated information and services."
- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 59 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 59
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 68 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 68
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 78 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 78
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 69 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 69
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 55 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 55
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 23 - Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- September 22, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Mitchell Baker, September, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 23
Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, envisions building internet resources that are open and accessible to all. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Baker in 2008 at the offices of Mozilla Foundation in Mountain View, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Internet: A First Discovery Book, 2000 - Librarian Jean Armour Polly coined the slang idiom "surf the net" in the early 1990s. Believing the Internet--in addition to books and other printed matter--could be a resource for learning, Polly advocated for free Internet access in public libraries. She used surfing as a metaphor when she authored a guide titled "Surfing the Internet: An introduction." The phrase quickly caught on.
- 2000
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Internet: A First Discovery Book, 2000
Librarian Jean Armour Polly coined the slang idiom "surf the net" in the early 1990s. Believing the Internet--in addition to books and other printed matter--could be a resource for learning, Polly advocated for free Internet access in public libraries. She used surfing as a metaphor when she authored a guide titled "Surfing the Internet: An introduction." The phrase quickly caught on.