From: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz (Shmuel+gen@patriot.net)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 10:36:01 CDT
In <3EAD2C7E.2040007@Sonietta.blilly.com>, on 04/28/2003
at 09:28 AM, Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> said:
>The Internet began in 1969, at which time it was known as ARPANET.
The Internet is not ARPANET. Nor did ARPANET start in 1969, that's
just the operational date.
"Those that do not remember history are doomed to fudge it."
(Santayana)
No, if you want to use the date of the NCP -> TCP/IP transition, or
the ARPANET/MILNET split, I might buy it, but to claim 1969 is
ludicrous.
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