Two seemingly unrelated events took place in late 1992 and early 1993 that together seeded the explosive growth of the Internet that is rooted in the early 1990s. One was a piece of legislation authored by Congressman Rick Boucher and the other was a piece of software authored by Marc Andreessen. Explain how and why these two events were major contributors to the state of the Internet as we know it today.

References: http://www.house.gov/boucher/docs/boucherinfotech.htm http://www.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0262.html