How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

by Shane Greenstein

A killer app could be a catalyst for adoption and investment. The application with the highest value for the early Internet was e-mail, a point made repeatedly in chapters 2 and 3. The most valuable application for the privatized Internet was the web browser, a point first raised in chapter 4 and followed in many later chapters.