Bill, W6WRT wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:20:43 -0400, Roger <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
> wrote:
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>
>> I'm not one of 'ol Al's boosters, but he never claimed to have invented
>> the Internet. It was the press and opposition that said that.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore_and_information_technology Although
>> he is responsible for providing a lot of government money to those
>> working on it back in those days. Computer systems and the Internet were
>> my profession.
>>
>
> REPLY:
>
> It's true he did not use the word "invent" but he did claim credit for
> creating the internet.
>
And although many of us disagree with him politically most of us in the
computing profession give him full credit for said creating. You'll find
this particularly true for the leaders in the development of the
Internet and arpnet
> Quoting from Wolf Blitzer's interview with Gore: "During my service
> in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the
> Internet."
>
> Is "taking the initiative" the same as "being the first"? Is
> "creating" the same as "inventing"? Your call.
>
>
To me they are easy calls. Initiative and first are not related. Taking
the initiative is deciding to do something, or even taking a leadership
roll while first is exactly that, being the first to do something, nor
is creating even a synonym for inventing. Every time I build something I
am creating, but I certainly am not inventing.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> You can read the full transcript at
> http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/index.html
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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