Who invented the internet?

From: Doug <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
Date: Wed Feb 17 05:52:01 1999

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Russ Blakeman wrote:

> It's accurate as far as my recollection goes back and Klienrock was a
> part of the team of ARPAnet.. Really though, all sorts of thing, to
> include FidoNet and the old BBS's made up what we have today, each with
> it's own unique contribution. The net is not the last I feel either,
> it's just more popular than the others and more commonplace.

I don't think FidoNet or any BBS system contributed much to the net.
There were (are?) some gateways, but none of the protocols or conventions
that are/were used on the net had any origin in BBS's.

For the most part, the net gods and the BBS gods were two non-overlapping
subcultures, but they started to mix a bit in the mid 1980's.

I constantly run into people who seem to think the internet started around
1994 or so. They become incredulous when I tell them I've been using the
net since 1980, and that people were using it 10 years before me.

-- Doug
Received on Wed Feb 17 1999 - 05:52:01 GMT