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To: combjelly who wrote (285939)4/28/2006 12:56:02 PM
From: TigerPaw  Respond to of 1574097
 
The Internet used it from very early on.

Yes, but the Internet (then known as the Arpanet) was not on track to be the dominant interconnect until Al Gore promoted legislation that provided the Arpanet for nearly free, while Novell was busy promoting their proprietary licensed network. Universal and free access was never on Novell's business model.

TP


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