> > the above quote is meant to be satirical. Al Gore did not invent the
> > internet. Al Gore was 21 when the ArpaNet (the internet) was invented.
> > Believe what you want. The interview is at breu.org/gore-transcript.txt.
>
> Al Gore didn't mean he invented the Internet. He meant he took the
> initiative in creating the legislation which transformed the then
> Government-funded network into the current private network. You may
> not remember how it was in the old days, when very few people were
> connected to the net, and there was a strict Acceptable Use Policy
> which prohibited any commercial use. No spam, no pay sites.
I realize that, and you obviously didn't read the disclaimer at the bottom
of the quote. He said that he took the initiative in creating the
internet. I don't care how you read into it, that is what he said. The
transcript is available at the URL listed above.
I remember it back then and I remember the AUP's of the NSFNet and Merit
Networks. He may have helped the commercialization of the Internet, but
it wasn't his bill that went through congress allowing it.
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Thanks,
-Joseph W. Breu
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Joseph W. Breu Systems Administrator / Cedar Falls Utilities
phone: (319) 268-5228 Utility Parkway, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
---- Al Gore: "...I took the initiative in creating the Internet." ----
the above quote is meant to be satirical. Al Gore did not invent the
internet. Al Gore was 21 when the ArpaNet (the internet) was invented.
Believe what you want. The interview is at breu.org/gore-transcript.txt.
