Tom Kunich said:How about you kiss my nether regions? Al Gore said that he was
INSTRUMENTAL in the FOUNDING OF THE INTERNET.
Luckily I listen to I Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn and Leonard Kleinrock
among others not your ass or your ass spew media. I know you won't read
this because like WMDs your mind is nowhere to be found. Others who are
intelligent may be able to make up there own minds and not have someone
else do it for them, for them read on... because the INVENTORS of the
internet give Al Gore credit over and over.
Leonard Kleinrock (ARPANET the worlds first switched network was
developed in his lab circa 1969)
http://www.lk.cs.ucla.edu/PS/paper224.pdf
"A second development occurred around this time, namely, then-Senator Al
Gore, a strong and knowledgeable proponent of the Internet, promoted
legislation that resulted in President George Bush signing the High
Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991. This Act allocated
$600 million for high performance computing and for the creation of the
National Research and Education Network [13–14]. The NREN brought
together industry, academia and government in a joint effort to
accelerate the development and deployment of gigabit/sec networking."
Robert Kahn (inventor of TCP/IP protocol) and Vinton Cerf (one of the
"Founding Fathers" of the internet)
http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0009/msg00311.html
[Originally To: Declan McCullaugh <declan {AT} well.com>, farber {AT}
cis.upenn.edu
Cc: rkahn {AT} cnri.reston.va.us]
Dave and Declan,
I am taking the liberty of sending to you both a brief summary of Al
Gore's Internet involvement, prepared by Bob Kahn and me. As you know,
there have been a seemingly unending series of jokes chiding the vice
president for his assertion that he "took the initiative in creating the
Internet."
Bob and I believe that the vice president deserves significant credit for
his early recognition of the importance of what has become the Internet.
I thought you might find this short summary of sufficient interest to
share it with Politech and the IP lists, respectively.
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Al Gore and the Internet
By Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf
Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the
Internet and to promote and support its development.
No one person or even small group of persons exclusively "invented" the
Internet. It is the result of many years of ongoing collaboration among
people in government and the university community. But as the two people
who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the
Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a
Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to
our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of
time.
Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role.
He said: "During my service in the United States Congress I took the
initiative in creating the Internet." We don't think, as some people have
argued, that Gore intended to claim he "invented" the Internet. Moreover,
there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's
initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving
Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and
promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it
is timely to offer our perspective.
As far back as the 1970s Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed
telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the
improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official
to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact
than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship. Though easily
forgotten, now, at the time this was an unproven and controversial
concept. Our work on the Internet started in 1973 and was based on even
earlier work that took place in the mid-late 1960s. But the Internet, as
we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still
in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided
intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential
benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he
sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in
areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural
disasters and other crises.
As a Senator in the 1980s Gore urged government agencies to consolidate
what at the time were several dozen different and unconnected networks
into an "Interagency Network." Working in a bi-partisan manner with
officials in Ronald Reagan and George Bush's administrations, Gore secured
the passage of the High Performance Computing and Communications Act in
1991. This "Gore Act" supported the National Research and Education
Network (NREN) initiative that became one of the major vehicles for the
spread of the Internet beyond the field of computer science.
As Vice President Gore promoted building the Internet both up and out, as
well as releasing the Internet from the control of the government agencies
that spawned it. He served as the major administration proponent for
continued investment in advanced computing and networking and private
sector initiatives such as Net Day. He was and is a strong proponent of
extending access to the network to schools and libraries. Today,
approximately 95% of our nation's schools are on the Internet. Gore
provided much-needed political support for the speedy privatization of the
Internet when the time arrived for it to become a commercially-driven
operation.
There are many factors that have contributed to the Internet's rapid
growth since the later 1980s, not the least of which has been political
support for its privatization and continued support for research in
advanced networking technology. No one in public life has been more
intellectually engaged in helping to create the climate for a thriving
Internet than the Vice President. Gore has been a clear champion of this
effort, both in the councils of government and with the public at large.
The Vice President deserves credit for his early recognition of the value
of high speed computing and communication and for his long-term and
consistent articulation of the potential value of the Internet to American
citizens and industry and, indeed, to the rest of the world.
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The Webbys
On 06 June 2005, Gore was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award "for
three decades of contributions to the Internet" at The Webby Awards. In
giving him the award, Tiffany Shlain (the awards' founder and
chairwoman) stated that she "wanted to set the record straight [...]
it's just one of those instances someone did amazing work for three
decades as Congressman, Senator and Vice President and it got spun
around into this political mess." [43] Gore, during his acceptance
speech (limited to five words according to Webby Awards rules), joked:
"Please don't recount this vote". [44]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Bill
The High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 (HPCA) was
a bill created and introduced by then Senator Al Gore (it was thus
referred to as the Gore Bill [1]). It was passed on December 9, 1991. [2]
This bill led to the development of the National Research and Education
Network (NREN) [3][4][5] (which was referred to with the rhetoric of the
Information Superhighway[6]). It also led to the development of the
National Information Infrastructure (also discussed through the rhetoric
of the Information Superhighway [7]) the High-Performance Computing and
Communications Initiative (an off-shoot of the HPCA), the web browser
Mosaic[8], and the creation of a high-speed fiber optic network that,
when utilized, would help stimulate the economy.
en.wikipedia.orgAl Gore's contributions to the Internet and technologyOpen ↗
White House website
The Clinton-Gore administration launched the first official White House
website on 21 October 1994. [21], [22] It would be followed by three
more versions, resulting in the final edition launched in 2000.[23],
[24] The White House website was part of a general movement by this
administration towards web based communication: "Clinton and Gore were
responsible for pressing almost all federal agencies, the U.S. court
system and the U.S. military onto the Internet, thus opening up
America's government to more of America's citizens than ever before. On
17 July 1996. President Clinton issued Executive Order 13011 - Federal
Information Technology, ordering the heads of all federal agencies to
fully utilize information technology to make the information of the
agency easily accessible to the public." [25]
en.wikipedia.orgAl Gore's contributions to the Internet and technologyOpen ↗
Electronic Bill of Rights
In 1998 Gore gave a speech concerning an "Electronic Bill of Rights" in
which he introduced methods of protecting privacy in the age of digital
technology: "We need an electronic bill of rights for this electronic
age," Vice President Gore said in an event in the Roosevelt Room at the
White House. "You should have the right to choose whether your personal
information is disclosed; you should have the right to know how, when,
and how much of that information is being used; and you should have the
right to see it yourself, to know if it's accurate." [26]
en.wikipedia.orgAl Gore's contributions to the Internet and technologyOpen ↗
Apple and Google
He has been a member of the board of directors of Apple Inc. since 2003
and serves as a Senior Advisor to Google Inc.[42]
