I would like to recommend a book that everyone interested in this
discussion topic should read. "Where Wizards Stay up Late.. the orgins of
the internet" by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon. No, Mr. Gore is not
mentioned in this book, but kf is right about Gore being instrumental in
making it available to the general public. Being in academics, I was not
all for opening it to the extent that it has been opened. I as afraid of
the congestion that is indeed becoming more of a problem. For me it was
like being taken off the country road (nsfnet backbone) and thrown onto
the superhighway (today's Internet). Since Internet 2 is coming along (a
much faster network), we (academics) have had some relief, but I suppose
sooner or later Internet 2 will join the current Internet. I hope that
Internet 3 will be well on the way by then. Cheers!
Larry
Larry Tague
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, kf wrote:
>
> 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
>
> --
> My recommendation: Don't shop at Explorer Micro, Columbus, Ohio.
>
>
> 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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