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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..."
If you say it three times it's true. Not.
Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
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.
"People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban
Al Gore did NOT claim he invented the internet.
Gabriel Ricard
This is history.
From ISOC.
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.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
--E.C. Stanton
"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.
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.