E-Commerce+History

Development of ARPANET (the military) || Internet was launched public ||
 * =Dates= || =Events= ||
 * 1960's || Introduction of EDI and EFT (not succesful)
 * 1971 || Development of TIP Protocol which permitted connections to ARPANET (universities and resources) ||
 * 1982 || ARPANET switch to TCP/IP ||
 * 1984 || ANSI created ASCX12. Also led to other electronic money transactions such as ATM, Credit Cards, and PhoneBanking ||
 * Mid 1980's || Compuserve launched a new service Electronic Mall (not succesful) ||
 * 1990 || Tim Berners-Lee proposed the 1st Web Browser
 * 1991 || NSF open the doors for electronic commerce ||
 * 1993 || Mosaic was introduced by M.Anderseen ||
 * 1994 || Mosaic was transformed into Netscape. (Includes a security protocol (SSL)) ||
 * 1995 || VeriSing developed digital IDS First sale on Amazon.com by Jeff Bezos ||
 * 1996 || Pierre Omidyar introduced a website called AuctionWeb ||
 * 1997 || On September 1997 e-Bay had expanded worldwide ||
 * 1998 || ADSL allowed users of the web to access internet speeds at higher bandwiths ||
 * 2008 || Omidyar put on-line buying and selling in the hands of the public ||