History of the First Internet

U96 writes "Ever since the Gore claim to have "invented" the internet, its history has been the subject of misinformation and ridicule. The Institue of Internet History contains an accurate, in-depth examination of the early industrial origins of the internet. An interesting read..."

Comments

"Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet"

[daniil]

If you say it three times it's true. Not.

Re:"Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet"

[Canth7]

There are times when you can say that there are two sides of the coin and that what are considered lies and flip-flops are just misunderstandings and distortions created by the opposition. This is not the case with th Bush administration. Clearly, this president has flip-flopped far more than can be attributed to either Gore or Keri. To the Bush-lovers out there - I'd like to see someone refute this top ten list (with FACTS, not opinion and bluster, please): http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/28/politics /main646142.shtml

Speaking of misinformation...

[swordgeek]

Al Gore NEVER CLAIMED TO HAVE INVENTED THE INTERNET!!!

NEVER!

NOT ONCE!

He did claim to have pushed for financing of it, which led to the development of it beyond its original boundaries. This is actually true! But he never claimed to have invented the internet.

What claim?

[gabe]

Al Gore did NOT claim he invented the internet.

Al Gore's Internet

[jea6]

Claim: Vice-President Al Gore claimed that he "invented" the Internet.

Status: False.

Origins: No, Al Gore did not claim he "invented" the Internet, nor did he say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way. The derisive "Al Gore said he 'invented' the Internet" put-downs are misleading distortions of something he said (taken out of context) during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "Late Edition" program on 9 March 1999. When asked to describe what distinguished him from his challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Gore replied (in part):

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.htm

dnsalias?

[fembots]

I don't think anything can survive with a dnsalias address.

Coralized Pages here.

Re:Gore's "claim"

[nordicfrost]

Link to debunking of lie.

You call that a history?

[wombatmobile]

This is history.

From ISOC.

Re:Institute of Internet History

[jnik]

It's hosted on a dynamic IP service..i.e. someone's home box. It has the slashdot "funny" icon on it. Even without being able to read TFA, I suspect you'll be disappointed.

I heard this story from someone who was there

[Raul654]

My advisor (David Mills, first chairman of the Internet Architecture Committee and inventor of NTP) mentioned this once. He said that Al Gore's staff were at every technical meeting related to internet development, and that the funding Gore helped push through Congress was critical to the project. Furthermore, he said after that quote was widely distorted in the media (where Gore rightfully claimed credit for providing the funding), he and several others who *did* invent the internet signed a public affidavit attesting to the veracity of the claim.

Re:wow, irony

[sam_handelman]

"I took the initiative in creating the Internet." (1)

!=

"I invented the internet." (2)

Statement 2 is entirely incorrect, and Gore did not say it!

Statement 1 is essentially correct - the internet was created by legislation, and Gore was instrumental in getting that legislation passed.

Re:CHENEY OPPOSED THE INTERNET

[Anonymous Coward]

Look it up. Gores crazy idea for funding this so called "internet" and opening it up for the public sector to use and build upon was OPPOSED by Cheney, both BILLS.