[ih] Early Internet history

[Jorge Amodio]

Hi Vint,

yes it is, I was surprised many years ago when somebody pointed me to the
story.

Funny fact is that the person who created the brand in 1953,  Ernesto
Rigoni, obviously didn't have anything to do with networking and didn't
speak a word in English.
This is a video that shows the ad in a popular magazine of 1956
https://youtu.be/wUirFOSxmWU

BTW, the BIMBO brand still exists, the company was founded and still have
headquarters in Mexico. Our kids love their toasted bread slices.
https://www.grupobimbo.com/en/ourhistory

Cheers
Jorge


On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:09 AM, Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> wrote:

> Jorge, that's hilarious!
>
>
> reminds me of my surprise to find there was a popular
> brand of bread, BIMBO, in Spain...
>
> v
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 9:41 PM, Jorge Amodio <jmamodio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Believe or not there are some instances of earlier use of the word
>> "Internet."
>>
>> In my native country (Argentina) in the '50s it was a brand of panties ;-)
>> http://blog.internet-argentina.net/2010/05/se-me-cae-la-
>> bombacha-de-la-emocion.html
>>
>> That site is a crude personal attempt to put together some of the AR net
>> history, the Bombacha Internet picture is legit.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jorge
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