Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: > Actually I think the father of the Internet was a Swiss citizen. Internet was invented by the US army. Browsing the Internet using a Browser (which was a that time Mosaic, and now Netscape or Internet Explorer) and the HTTP protocol (which works on TCP/IP, the "Internet Protocol") was invented by a junior researcher at the CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The CERN is a big international laboratory to study physic of particles (they have one of the biggest accelerator rings for particles). I think that guy was Swiss but I'm not sure. Xavier. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ray tai [mailto:razerx@netvigator.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 3:58 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] In you heart... > > I second that sentiment. The US may have invented the internet but the LUG > is > a global community. I know we Americans have absolutely no problems > expressive > our views whether others want to hear them or not, but please at least keep > it > on topic. Thank you.