Glyn Moody

technology writer

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The DVD comprises 9 folders of electronic files which relate to the early days of the Internet, and complement the physical archive. These are: 1. Getting Wired files, 1994 to 2003 Files for the hundreds of Getting Wired columns, written by Glyn Moody, that appeared every week in Computer Weekly from 1994 to 2003. As well as the final text, there are various background files with information about the Internet at that time. 2. Digital Code of Life – the history of the Internet and free software in genomics, 2002 to 2004 Files for Glyn Moody's book ‘Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine, and Business’. It describes early use of the Internet and free software in the field of genomics, including its role in the Human Genome Project. 3. Documents with information and excerpts from early Internet sites, 1995 to 1998 Documents providing addresses and excerpts of very early Internet sites. They are a snapshot of the most interesting developments as they happened. Few of these sites exist today. 4. Greatest OS: Wired feature about Internet and free software, 1997 In 1997, Glyn Moody wrote an article for Wired magazine entitled ‘The Greatest OS that (N)ever Was’. It was the first description of Linux and the world of open source to be published in a mainstream title. At the heart of open source development methodology lies the Internet, and this article was the first to analyse it. The files contain all emails and notes for this feature, including an interview with Linus Torvalds at his Helsinki flat in 1996, the longest interview to be conducted with him until that time. 5. Internet with Windows book, 1995 Files for Glyn Moody's book 'Internet with Windows' – one of the first books to give detailed information about how to get on the Internet using Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. It describes a whole class of programs that disappeared many years ago, and gives insights into how people used the Internet in its early years. 6. Miscellaneous publications, 1993 to 2004 As well as the main Getting Wired column, Glynn Moody wrote articles about the early Internet for numerous other publications including New Scientist; these are compiled in this folder. 7. PC Windows book, 1992 Files for Glyn Moody's book 'PC Windows', written just before the Internet took off in 1993, and explaining the basics of PCs. 8. Rebel Code – the history of the Internet and free software, 1999 to 2001 Files for Glyn Moody's book ‘Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution’. For the book, Glyn Moody interviewed many of the top free software and open source coders, including Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman, creators what is now called GNU/Linux. The files contain full transcripts of 50 extensive interviews, as well as thousands of pages of ancillary information such as web pages, help files and directory listings, many of which relate to sites no longer in existence. 9. Reports and White Papers about the Internet, 1993 to 2002 Files for numerous reports and white papers that Glyn Moody wrote for companies. These include an analysis of the trends that appeared at the time, providing a perspective from those early years.

Glyn Moody's digital archive
Compiled by Glyn Moody, the archive comprises 25 box files covering early development of the Internet, with particular focus on the impact of online developments on businesses, and 29 electronic Word 2 files containing an edited selection of 20,000–30,000 news items. The printed material was predominantly compiled to support Glyn Moody's research for his publications and for weekly columns he wrote for the Computer Weekly digital magazine between 1994 and 2000. It concentrates on developments in early Internet history, and includes screenshots of long-removed sites that were never included in the Wayback Machine; printouts of early online manuals to guide Internet users; Usenet postings and directory listings of key servers and gopher sites (Demon's FTP server, for example); printouts of online newsletters and of email conversations with hundreds of the UK's earliest Internet users; a list of every company in the world that provided World Wide Web hosting at that time; original copies of press releases, including announcement of the formation of the London Internet Neutral eXchange (LINX) in September 1994, announcement of Web-in-a-Box Internet solutions from Microsoft, DEC and EMWAC in November 1994, News International's Delphi online service announcing a move to "Internet standards", and an announcement concerning Apple's eWorld online service, which did not adopt Internet standards. There are also numerous printouts of online press releases, including one from Netscape's Navigator launch in October 1994. The electronic Word 2 files comprise edited digital materials from early sources on the web, including newsgroups, mailing lists and early web pages. They cover everything from press releases on Internet strategy for companies, announcements of new additions to the web (The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), for example), the launch of new standards for the web, search mechanisms in an era of CompuServe, AOL, MSN and Lycos, and an announcement on the redesign of webpages by the NHM.

Papers and digital files relating to early use and development of the World Wide Web by business
Contains online articles, analysis, user guides and interviews, predominantly relating to adoption of the Linux system by businesses and organisations.

Internet coverage of Linux computer operating system
Contains printouts of Glyn Moody's weekly articles published in ‘Getting Wired – how to use the Internet for business advantage', a section of the Computer Weekly digital magazine, together with draft versions and research material supporting their creation. The research material primarily comprises printouts from newsgroups, mailing lists, press emails, press releases and web pages, many of which are no longer in existence.

Material relating to Glyn Moody's collaboration with the Computer Weekly digital magazine
Entitled 'Linux Email '96 and '98’, this box file contains correspondence relating to development of the Linux system during the period in which it began to be adopted widely by organisations and businesses.

Email correspondence between Glyn Moody and developers of the Linux computer operating system

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