more on 35th Anniversary of the Internet (well the start of the Arpanet anyway djf)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

As usual for Rick right to the point.

Dave


Begin forwarded message:

From: Rick Adams <Rick.Adams () Cello Net>
Date: October 4, 2004 6:23:47 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] more on 35th Anniversary of the Internet (well the 
start of the Arpanet anyway djf)

The history of the Internet depends on whose marketing department is 
putting
out the press release.

In this case, UCLA put out the release, so UCLA takes the position most
beneficial to UCLA.

MCI press releases give credit to Vint Cerf.

GTE pushes BBN.

Netscape press releases gave credit to Andreessen.

CERN & W3C push Berners-Lee.

Etc.

Because there is no real answer (because of the large number of people
involved over a long period of time) every organization pushes the 
version
that is to their greatest advantage however tenuous the actual claim is.

Proof of how main-stream the Internet has become.

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