Comment Re:let's get two out of the way (Score 4, Informative) 202
So who did "invent the Internet"? Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn often get much of the credit (as Cerf did in the above article) for inventing the TCP/IP protocols. The two accepted the 2004 Turing award for that work.
According to Cerf, "The first demonstration of the triple network Internet took place in July 1977". He refers to this event as the "Birth of the Internet". Prior to that, researchers could send messages but had to be very familiar with the underlying technology.
In a September 2000 email, Cerf and Kahn give Al Gore much credit in the development of the Internet: http://www.mintruth.com/wiki/index.php?Al%20Gore%2 0and%20the%20Internet
Two excerpts:
According to Cerf, "The first demonstration of the triple network Internet took place in July 1977". He refers to this event as the "Birth of the Internet". Prior to that, researchers could send messages but had to be very familiar with the underlying technology.
In a September 2000 email, Cerf and Kahn give Al Gore much credit in the development of the Internet: http://www.mintruth.com/wiki/index.php?Al%20Gore%
Two excerpts:
Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development.
The Vice President deserves credit for his early recognition of the value of high speed computing and communication and for his long-term and consistent articulation of the potential value of the Internet to American citizens and industry and, indeed, to the rest of the world.
