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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
He was instrumental in passing the legislation that turned DARPANET into the Internet. Close enough for me.
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Nope, that's not the case either. The Internet already existed before that, and the ARPANET component of the Internet had already ceased to be relevant. He did co-sponsor the legislation to officially allow commercial traffic over the Internet, but that was something that was a fait accompli before the legislation passed:
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
And I should know; I was there.