8 Sep
2016
8 Sep
'16
11:41 a.m.
On Sep 8, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The InterNIC became Network Solutions when Al Gore invented the commercial Internet - an event we all remember.
Yeah the Al Gore thing was the source of endless laughter. :)
To be fair: a) He never actually claimed to have invented the Internet b) What he DID claim, which was totally correct, was that he was responsible in large part for the funding that brought the Internet to the public - Dave