Well, a ton of the sort of information on CD-ROMs also became readily (and often even legally) available online. The focus of this article seems to be the wonder of having access to all this rich multimedia in your home which wasn't really practical before broadband was common and web content filled out.
Some of it probably ended up as proto datahoarders to be sure. I have this massive archive in my house that I will probably never fully explore! I'm sure I still have some of those CDs although a lot are in wonky formats that it would take a lot of effort to access.
Some of it probably ended up as proto datahoarders to be sure. I have this massive archive in my house that I will probably never fully explore! I'm sure I still have some of those CDs although a lot are in wonky formats that it would take a lot of effort to access.