techradar.com— Twenty years ago, in a research establishment in the Swiss Alps, a British-born computer scientist dreamt up a new way for academics to share information around the globe.
Jul 12, 2009View in Crawl 4
Gore's contributions were significant and important, but the existence (or worldwide usage) of the internet was inevitable--with or without Gore--after the development of WWW.
gailscottJul 12, 2009
Gore's contributions were significant and important, but the existence (or worldwide usage) of the internet was inevitable--with or without Gore--after the development of WWW.
scoot2006Jul 12, 2009
He was a promoter, not a contributor. It was invented without him.
paranor01Jul 12, 2009
I ran a BBS before, and after net access came around. Loved the old SIG forums :)
differentangleJul 13, 2009
No one credits Microsoft with inventing computers either, though. Not nearly as much as CERN with the "internet".
shinkouJul 13, 2009
I had to hookup my 14.4k modem, Windows 3.11, and Winsock for the internet. I wish I knew about Nextstep...
dragosshJul 13, 2009
NeXT computers were expensive anyway.
paranor01Jul 13, 2009
/raises hand