+In which a general welcome is extended, and the ground rules are laid out
+
+Welcome to the textfiles.com tenth anniversary celebration section, a
+collection of artifacts, essays and links composed for the textfiles.com
+family of sites by its creator, Jason Scott.
+
+In October of 1998, this website was created, and for the last decade has provided
+history, nostalgia, reference, controversy, hilarity, and enjoyment for millions
+of users around the world. As we round this important milestone, I thought it a fun
+idea to look back on the beginnings of the site, history and trivia of both it and
+the era it was meant to capture, and a tour of some of the more interesting bumps and
+heights along the way.
+
+The sections on the menu to the left can be clicked to directly, or you can follow
+section by section through all of them as one large tour and essay.
+
+Thanks for the memories.
+
+- Jason Scott
+ TEXTFILES.COM
+
+Now, let's see see where it all began....
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