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Originally Posted by snipenekkid
FYI, in case someone has been living under a rock for around the last 15-yrs, our former Vice President was famous for hyperbole of amazing proportion when public speaking off the cuff. In one instance he said something to the effect that he was responsible for creating/inventing the internet. sigh...thing is the guy is actually a very well educated and intelligent man. But, oh, heck who cares...another sigh is needed now,  |
He was misquoted on that, arguably for political reasons, which caused all the confusion. That being said, he did write and push through many bills which gave funding to ARPANet, and later the Gore Bill (High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991) provided the funding for creation of the Mosaic browser, and much of the fiber network we have now. I'm not a fan of Gore, but this is one area I have to defend him on.