[ih] FYI - Gordon Crovitz/WSJ on "Who Really Invented the Internet?"

[John Curran]

Internet History Folks - 
 
   I make note of this, as some of the folks on this list might have
   differing views.

FYI,
/John

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<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577539063008406518.html#>


Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?
Contrary to legend, it wasn't the federal government, and the Internet had nothing to do with maintaining communications during a war.
By L. GORDON CROVITZ

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."

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