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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum
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To: Neocon who wrote (2113)3/11/1999 4:03:00 PM
From: MeDroogies  Read Replies (1) of 13060
 
ARPAnet was indeed a gov't (defense) project. However, it was an outgrowth of an earlier education-based project run between a number of universities. That the gov't stepped in to run its defense structure has nothing to say about whether the Internet would have existed or not. It simply says the gov't saw something it liked and acted on it.
As Dave said, when you spend that much money, you're bound to get something right. That said, they practically screwed it up when Clinton decided he wanted to spend XXX billions to "build the information superhighway" in 1992. Surprise! Commerce beat you to it! Thing is, commerce would've likely built it anyway.
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