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

[John Curran]

To be clear, I was not referring to the political aspects of the article, 
but  the references along the lines of:

 "So having created the Internet, why didn't Xerox become the biggest company in the world? "

FYI,
/John

On Jul 23, 2012, at 2:25 PM, John Curran wrote:

> 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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