On 09/06/2013 08:03 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:58 AM, William J. Robbins <will...@wjrobbins.com <mailto: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.
Yeah, it would be interesting to hear from some of the folks who did the original design and building to see what, if any concerns, they had at that time.
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