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The PPACA Thread Part III - Let's have a healthy debate!

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St. Clown said:
Yes, public schools. Like I said, the development of the internet was not the government's intent. The professors were acting independently of any sort of stated objective. They had a desire to more efficiently share research.
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I don't think this is 100% accurate. Computer science labs began research packet networking almost as soon as computer science became a 'thing' in the late 50s. They had an objective -- to develop reliable networking protocols. The DoD awarded research contracts in the 60s for packet networks. This evolved to include protocols that allowed connecting different networks together. The first ARPANET message was sent form UCLA to Stanford. UCLA was getting DoD funding for this research. The government absolutely had the intent to develop what became known as the internet. Thats why TCP/IP was produced from a DARPA research project.
 
Re: The PPACA Thread Part III - Let's have a healthy debate!

dxmnkd316 said:
THat's irrelevant. Things like Post-Its were discovered by accident. Hell, much of what seems to be some of 3M's biggest hits were discovered by accident.
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It's entirely relevant. They could have been researching quantum mechanics as their main work focus, and just grabbed onto computers as a method for their research. And they could just as easily have been working at two Ivy League schools and the whole thing never would have happen. They were simply trying to overcome geographic distances. That said, the Euro-US networking effort involved a professor at Princeton (just looked it up), working with counterparts in Stockholm and London.
 
Re: The PPACA Thread Part III - Let's have a healthy debate!

St. Clown said:
It's entirely relevant. They could have been researching quantum mechanics as their main work focus, and just grabbed onto computers as a method for their research. And they could just as easily have been working at two Ivy League schools and the whole thing never would have happen. They were simply trying to overcome geographic distances. That said, the Euro-US networking effort involved a professor at Princeton (just looked it up), working with counterparts in Stockholm and London.
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I'm sorry, but it's not relevant, at least IMNSHO. They were enabled by government research. Whether that was their directive or not. The point is, that the government is a massive R&D organization and maybe the best in the world. Public universities are part of that network.
 
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