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I think this "Vint Cerf invented the internet" thing is probably coming from Google press releases. I had a Google recruiter use the exact same phrase to me (a
by crdoconnor 9y ago
I think this "Vint Cerf invented the internet" thing is probably coming from Google press releases.
I had a Google recruiter use the exact same phrase to me (and like you I flinched).
- ghaff 9y agoI actually wouldn't discount that. As someone fairly familiar with the storyline behind the initial DARPA-funded work, I would never have been tempted to single out Cerf as the singular Internet inventor. Not to minimize his work but there were clearly other important figures, including earlier ones. Yet, as you suggest "Vint Cerf invented the internet" seems to have become a popular factoid.
- Pokepokalypse 9y agoHe has long been considered the (quote) Father of the Internet (unquote). But to say he "INVENTED" the internet would be inaccurate, and I'm pretty sure he would not actually be cool with that, given what I've read about him.