[TriLUG] the new business discussion thread

[al johnson]

No, Al Gore didn't "invent the Internet", but if he hadn't helped the 
Internet bill through Congress the Internet would have been very different 
than it is today. Incidentally, the only thing he claimed was that he was the 
originator of the "information highway" descriptive term for the Internet. 
That is something most everyone agrees happened. This occurred because his 
father was one of the members of Congress who helped get Congressional 
approval for the funding for the Interstate Highway system, and Gore believed 
that he was doing for the Internet was essentially the same thing as his 
father had done before him.  It has always been acceptable for members of 
Congress to take credit for the work they have done in Congress on projects 
such as these.  Al Gore literally never claimed that he "invented the 
Internet", regardless of what you've been told-  Several non-political 
historians have written about this so-called internet claim, it would be 
helpful if you would read them. ---  Al Johnson
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On Thursday 16 October 2003 08:31 pm, you wrote:
> it all belongs to al gore since he invented the internet.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
> > 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.
> > --
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