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Originally Posted by sirbruce
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. |
I like the article you link to. Particularly the part that says of Gore "he sponsored the 1988 National High-Performance Computer Act (which established a national computing plan and helped link universities and libraries via a shared network) and co-sponsored the Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992 (which opened the Internet to commercial traffic)."
So, okay, you win; he didn't create the Internet. He just took the initiative in creating the Internet
as we know it today. (shrug)