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To: Thebaddog
The British scientist developed the web in 1989 as an academic tool to allow scientists to share data.

The internet was developed by a DARPA project, not by some British scientist guy.

4 posted on 05/23/2006 2:43:02 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

Well, you have to distinguish between the "internet" and the "web". He made the network much more user friendly than before.


6 posted on 05/23/2006 2:44:51 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
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To: VRWCmember

Yes, the NET was invented by DARPA, but the WWW and HTTP protocol were created by Berners-Lee and associates at CERN . . . . .using the internet to send text and images. . .


21 posted on 05/23/2006 3:52:53 PM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: VRWCmember

and long before 1989


25 posted on 05/23/2006 5:25:14 PM PDT by thinking
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