<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Internet History Folks - </div><div> </div><div> I make note of this, as some of the folks on this list might have</div><div> differing views.</div><div><br></div><div>FYI,</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>===</div><div><<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577539063008406518.html#">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577539063008406518.html#</a>></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 10px; font-size: 10px; "><div class="wrap padding-left-big" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 1em; "><div class="articleHeadlineBox headlineType-bylineIcon" style="margin-top: 1px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; zoom: 1; background-image: url(http://s2.wsj.net/img/med_grey_dotted.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; position: relative; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.8em; font-weight: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Century Schoolbook', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; width: 571px; line-height: 1.1075em; ">Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?</h1><h2 class="subhead" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; font: italic normal normal 1.6em/1.1 Georgia, 'Century Schoolbook', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; width: 571px; ">Contrary to legend, it wasn't the federal government, and the Internet had nothing to do with maintaining communications during a war.</h2><div class="bylineIconTree" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; bottom: auto; top: 2px; position: absolute; right: 8px; width: 369px; "><div class="bylineIconBox" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; float: right; "><ul class="cMetadata metadataType-articleCredits" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; zoom: 1; font-size: 1em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); float: left; width: 283px; height: 78px; "><li class="byline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.3em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: right; position: absolute; right: 88px; bottom: 26px; z-index: auto; "><h3 style="margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 1.25em; ">By L. GORDON CROVITZ</h3></li></ul><div class="icon" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; float: left; "><img width="76" height="76" alt="Columnist's name" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; " id="602b8d2f-a805-4b6c-ae7b-0a3abcd0e763" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:07CCDBFC-0BA9-4C1E-9A1E-C8EFEEFF335B@bn02703.restova.wayport.net"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="art_tabbed_nav" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 1em; zoom: 1; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(112, 120, 124); clear: both; "><ul id="articleTabs" class="tab" djw_optcache="{articleTabs: {core: {panelPrefix: "articleTabs_panel_", panels: [Object], enableBrowserHistory: true}, tabs: {tabPrefix: "articleTabs_tab_", tabOnStyle: "selected", tabOffStyle: "deselected"}}}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; float: left; "><li id="articleTabs_tab_article" class="selected" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; border-top-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(112, 120, 124); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: solid; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.3em; position: relative; "></li></ul></div><div id="articleTabs_panel_article" class="mastertextCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 3412px; "><div class="padding-left-big" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 1em; "><div id="article_story" class="col6wide colOverflowTruncated" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; float: left; width: 571px; position: relative; z-index: 10; "><div id="article_story_body" class="article story" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 11px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; "><div class="articlePage" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; clear: right; ">A telling moment in the presidential race came recently when Barack Obama said: "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." He justified elevating bureaucrats over entrepreneurs by referring to bridges and roads, adding: "The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all companies could make money off the Internet."</p><div>...</div><a name="U71390742766TB"></a></div></div></div></div></div></span><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>