In fact, he never said that. He did however put a lot of effort into supporting and moving the legislation that created what evolved into the internet.
"But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system." Perhaps not the clearest choice of words, but a far cry from claiming invention. It's amazing what the media can do. Michael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Ray Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:32 PM To: 'Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list' Subject: RE: [TriLUG] the new business discussion thread it all belongs to al gore since he invented the internet. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Mike Mueller > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:56 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] the new business discussion thread > > > On Thursday 16 October 2003 16:03, stan briggs wrote: > > greetings all, > > > > i thought that the thread that phillip r. started with his question > > about starting a new business generated some great > > comments/suggestions/warnings/etc. i would like to put a synopsis of > > these comments on my web site. i would, of course, give > complete credit > > to the trilug discussion group for it's content. i'm > writing this to ask > > if any of the authors mind if i include their names (no > email addresses > > or even date/times ... just names) on the page. > > > > comments? > > That's courteous to ask. But now you have me thinking. I > don't think you > need to ask for permission to quote what is on the web. What > was written was > committed to the public. You're probably free to take > anything out there as > long as you attribute your sources. I don't know if TriLUG > owns/claims > copyrights the list content does it...or can it? > > -- > Mike Mueller > 324881 (08/20/2003) > Make clockwise circles with your right foot. > Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
