Monday, July 23, 2012

Who invented the internet?

Who invented the internet? Was it Al Gore? Nope. Was it the government, as President Obama recently asserted? Nope. It was Vinton Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee, and a company called Xerox. Instapundit links to this post by Gordon Crovitz in the Wall Street Journal, where you can read the history: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577539063008406518.html
I found the image here: http://grimbeorn.blogspot.com/2012/07/building.html

Update: Here is a much more accurate post on the subject:  http://erratasec.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/who-invented-internet-evolution-or.html

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