Hacker News Reader

So apparently a local Birmingham, Al BBS originally had the name America Online. Steve case purchased the name from him for 10k and that BBS became known as the matrix.

View on HN

Please tell me he sold the name "The Matrix" to Warner Bros.

I imagine Neuromancer predates both

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/The_Matrix

Here is the story.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com