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From: pefsnsr@jupiter.nmt.edu (Paul Ford)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc
Subject: Internet: The origins
Message-ID: <1990Oct14.055739.7971@nmt.edu>
Date: 14 Oct 90 05:57:39 GMT
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	I was wondering if any knowledgeable person out there could inform
me about a couple of things:

	(1) when was Internet created and by whom?

and,	(2) what was the oiginal intended purpose of the network?


	The reason I ask is that I recently read that the administration of
Internet was going to be taken over by IBM and another company who's name I
forget at the moment.  I beleive that this adminstrative change was due to
some investigations, by the Houston Chronicle, into the misuse of Internet.
BTW, does anyone know whether this is true or not?



	Scooter

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