The internet was originally a military project (funded, of course, by the
U.S. Federal government) which had two purposes. One was to connect
research facilities at specified universities with military facilities.
The second was to provide a fault-tolerant means of digital communication
amongst such facilities. In the mid-80s Al Gore (as Senator) authored a
couple of bills and ushered them through Congress which ultimately
transformed the internet from a military-university interest to a public
and, yes, international facility. No, Gore didn't directly partake in the
technological development of the internet. But he did open up an existing
technology for use by everybody. This is the kind of stuff government is
supposed to do. I'm glad he did it.
Sorry for the off-topic,
kf
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Ward William E PHDN wrote:
=
= Speaking of Al Gore inventing the Internet (as well as pants),
= does anyone know of a web site that has a copy of the new
= US commercial for Snickers Candy Bars with the man in the
= voting booth? I'd love to show it to some folks around
= here....
=
= As for the original question.... there is quite a bit of
= debate in terms of Al Gore and the Internet. The Urban
= Legends web page at http://www.snopes.com might be of
= some use in this regards....
=
= Basically, Al helped a little bit by smoothing some
= bureaucracy, during days long after the Internet was around,
= but before it was "big"... no technical help, and not
= really enough to justify the hyperbole about being
= instrumental in creating the Internet, but some faint
= glimmer of a kernal of truth at the innermost core,
= so he was only exaggerating about on a scale of a
= brine shrimp to a blue whale his importance to the
= internet. He wouldn't even justify that much if he
= hadn't had as his constituency ORNL (Oak Ridge National
= Laboratory), as it was more a case of "Keeping the
= voters off my back" than leading the technology crusade.
=
= Bill Ward
=
= -----Original Message-----
= From: Michael Yanowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
= Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:18 AM
= To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
= Subject: What was Gore's Role in Inventing the Internet?
=
=
= Can someone please tell me what Gore's role was in
= inventing the internet. (Please include all the Gory details
= as well as AlGore-ithms). (But please don't beat around
= the Bush or if there are many links get to Cheny).
=
= Steve Frampton wrote:
=
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= > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Selim Jahangir wrote:
= >
= > > Dear All
= > > What was the 1st invented OS in the world and when ?
= >
= > Bill Gates invented the first OS, and Al Gore wrote Winsock for
= > it.
=
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