Originally Posted by
PBC peugeot
Originally Posted by
livedarklions
You know that clip shows that all he did was claim that he was responsible for getting the project funded and started, which he absolutely did. He was the legislative champion of DARPA, which actually did "invent" the internet.
I hand it to Gore's political opponents, turning that into a claim that he "invented" the internet has been one of the most successful smears ever.
Here's a
statement from Vinton Cerf in which he gives Gore a whole lot of credit for getting the internet up and running, and free of government control.
If you actually know who Vinton Cerf
is, you'll understand the significance of this.