Correct. That infamous statement was taken out of context. Since proponents of the OP's view probably won't believe you or me, but will respond to appeals to a

Correct. That infamous statement was taken out of context. Since proponents of the OP's view probably won't believe you or me, but will respond to appeals to authority, here's Vint Cerf with Bob Kahn (the co-authors of TCP/IP [1]): http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0009/msg00311.html http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0009/m... > 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. [1]: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall06/cos561/papers/cerf74.pdf https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall06/cos561/p...