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June 1997 / Bits / Geek Mystique

State of the Internet

More interesting statistics reflecting the emergence of the Internet in today's everyday life, as provided by Win Treese of Open Market, a developer of Internet commerce software ( http://www.openmarket.com/intindex ):

Number of times President Clinton mentioned the Internet in the 1997 State of the Union address: 6
Number of times he mentioned it in the 1996 address: 0
Number of State of the Union addresses carried live on the Internet: 1
Percent change in Hambrecht & Quist's Internet stock index for 1996: -16
Rank of Ford among Web advertisers, in estimated dollars spent, August 1996: 18
Rank of Microsoft: 1
Number of people who worked on the NFL's Super Bowl Web site: 35
Number of Boston Public Library branches: 26
Percentage of branches connected to the Internet: 100

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