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1996 saw the beginning of the Internet boom, and the arrival of many new recruits to WSO. With the strong [[Unix]] background of Jon Zeppieri, [[Iein Valdez]], [[Geoff Hutchison]], and DeWitt Clinton and a blazingly-fast Pentium I 100MHz machine, WSO was migrated to a FreeBSD-based server. Meanwhile, WSO attracted the artistic talents of [[Kate Tan]], [[Eric Smith]], and [[Kenric Taylor]]. Others lending their computer expertise and love for technology included [[Matt Garland]], [[Ken Fowler]], and [[Christine Soarse]]. Finally, [[Jonah Wittkamper]] served as general all-around cheerleader for WSO.
The fall of 1996 saw the arrival of a new crop of freshmanfreshmen, including [[Chuck Hagenbuch]] (would would go on to design [[IMP|Horde/IMP]], the Williams College Webmail system), [[Dan Mason]] ([[HTML]] coder extrordinaire), [[Chris Richards]] (security and [[FSH]] enthusiast), [[David Ramos]] (designer and typographer), and [[Jason Healy]] (future all-campus listserver nazi). By winter, the website had been overhauled (sporting a scan of Chuck's right hand), and new services were cropping up like crazy: the online [[Facebook]], all-campus and dorm [[listserver]]s, online [[Daily Advisor]] and calendar announcements, and a small software archive.
WSO continued to grow at a rapid pace, as new services were added and members signed on for web and e-mail accounts. [[Free University]] HTML courses were taught to students and members of the community by [[David Ramos]], [[Ben Isecke]], and [[Jacob Eisler]], and several clubs and organizations at the college created web pages about themselves.