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If you're interested in more details about the government's early involvement check out steve blank's secret history of silicon valley. it's fascinating. http
by andrewtbham 12y ago
If you're interested in more details about the government's early involvement check out steve blank's secret history of silicon valley. it's fascinating.
http://steveblank.com/secret-history/ http://steveblank.com/secret-history/
- ABS 12y agoI also quite enjoyed Prof. Mazzucato's The Entrepreneurial State: "This book debunks the myth of a dynamic private sector vs. a sluggish public sector by providing a detailed account of the role of the public sector in taking on high-risk entrepreneurial investments, from the Internet to the ‘green revolution’." The book is more thorough but you can get a lot also out of the free pamphlet available here http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/theentrepreneurialstate http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/theentrepreneurialstate
- WalterBright 12y agoNobody remembers FidoNet.
- wslh 12y agoI do ;-)
- WalterBright 12y agoI meant that people assume the internet would not have existed if the government didn't create the Arpanet. FidoNet demonstrates otherwise.
- angersock 12y agoAloha!
- mitchtbaum 12y agoA great documentary on FidoNet's rise with superb music and universal themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cm6EFYktRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cm6EFYktRQ A modern tale of care for a bright and reliable future, search: project byzantium fidonet