Now this is scary...

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by buckman

I built a kitchen for Tim Berners-Lee. The true inventor of the internet.

Not to diminish his accomplishments....but he didn't invent the internet. He invented the World Wide Web and the use of HTTP to share information over the internet.

Originally Posted by likwid

The consortium controls internet standards.

They just control World Wide Web Standards...not internet standards

[buckman]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Not to diminish his accomplishments....but he didn't invent the internet. He invented the World Wide Web and the use of HTTP to share information over the internet

You are correct.
My conversations with Tim revolved around internet tax issues and the reason there will not be a Federal tax on commerce.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Not to diminish his accomplishments....but he didn't invent the internet.

Everbody knows Al Gore invented the internet.