[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[gah4]

On Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 2:45:18 AM UTC-7, chris wrote:

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> As for Al Gore, yet another brain dead politician, though I understand 
> that he invented the internet over breakfast one morning?...

I almost remember the time before ...

When there were .COM, but it wasn't allowed for messages
(e-mail, ftp, telnet, anything) between two .COM sites.

Government and academic users were allowed to connect to them.
And also, much of the long distance lines were on 56K bit/s leased lines.

And yes, with Al Gore in the lead, the Internet as we know it, starting with
much government funding, and later more commercial networks forming.