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

[Patrick W. Gilmore]

ARS did a good response as well:

	<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/wsj-mangles-history-to-argue-government-didnt-launch-the-internet/>

Sad that the WJS prints this drivel.  Sadder that people believe & defend it. :(

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TTFN,
patrick


On Jul 23, 2012, at 15:02 , Andrew G. Malis wrote:

> The LA Times fires back at Crovitz and the WSJ. This was written by Michael Hiltzik, who was quoted by Crovitz:
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> http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-mo-who-invented-internet-20120723,0,5052169.story
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> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:25 PM, John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> wrote:
> Internet History Folks - 
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>    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#>
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> 
> 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
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> 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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