[ih] Early use of the "Internet" term (1977)

[Dave Taht]

Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> writes:

> i remember that story (about the ladies underwear). I can assure you
> that the name we used for the computer network was not motivated by
> that product!

I could see you getting a some motivation from that ad in a variety
of ways...

... as that design was "totally adjustable, natural, and smooth."

>
> v
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 9:13 AM Jorge Amodio <jmamodio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     
>     
>     You bet!
>     
>     
>     In Argentina there was a company in 1953 that was selling
>     "Internet" panties for the ladies way before RFC 675 ;-)
>     
>     
>     I wrote an article about it long time ago, but there is a page out
>     there where you can see some of the advertisements on a popular
>     magazine of that time (Radiolandia)
>     https://www.bigbangnews.com/actualidad/la-historia-del-argentino-que-fabrico-bombachas-en-los-50-y-las-bautizo-internet--2016-8-5-16-32-0
>    
>     
>     
>     
>     So some may argue that Internet is actually an Argentinean
>     invention.... :LOL
>     
>     
>     Cheers
>     Jorge
>     
>     
>
>     
>     
>     On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:06 PM John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com>
>     wrote:
>     
>     There were several companies who had used the word "INTERNET" to
>         describe
>         their products. None of these were "the Internet", of course.
>         The most
>         troublesome was a small network of bank ATMs that had a
>         trademark on
>         Internet and tried to enforce it against people who used the
>         word to
>         describe the global telecommunications network. The Internet
>         Society
>         had to spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on
>         lawyers to
>         free up the name for generic use.
>         
>         See e.g. "9. Trademark Defense" in:
>         
>         https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/minutes/8
>         
>         John
>         
>         
>
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