IP: Washington Post on Gore and the Internet

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-03/21/152l-032199-idx.html

       
      Gore Deserves Internet Credit, Some Say

      Online Experts Call Vice President's Efforts 'Instrumental' to Current 
      System

      By John Schwartz
      Washington Post Staff Writer
      Sunday, March 21, 1999; Page A04 

      So -- did he do it?
      Did Al Gore create the Internet?

      The vice president's recent comment that he "took the initiative in 
      creating the Internet" opened Gore up for wide derision, because the 
      global computer network had its beginnings more than 25 years ago.
      Former vice president Dan Quayle (R) scoffed to a reporter that "if Gore 
      invented the Internet, I invented spell-check." 

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