On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:58 AM, William J. Robbins
<will...@wjrobbins.com>wrote:

> Not that I disagree with the intent of the article, nor need to reform.
> However "This is not the internet the world needs, or t*he internet its
> creators envisioned*." is an odd statement.
>
> I do feel obliged to point out the Internet originated as a DARPA
> project:  http://www.darpa.mil/About/History/History.aspx
>

The folks who actually *built* it were academics, not defense, and had a
different vision from the folks who paid for its development. Yes, this may
have some odd effects on the whole thing.

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