Charles Isaac (newton_at_aslannet.org) wrote:
> But you forget Al Gore invented the web in 1969. (please no political
> flames).
> I was using the basics of the web email and data transfer since the
> early 80s
"The web" is usually taken to refer to the "World Wide Web" (WWW) -- the
HTTP protocol, HTML, that kind of stuff. It was invented by Tim Berners-
Lee in the early 90s. Other internet protocols and services such as mail,
FTP, Archie, Gopher etc. are much older, but that's not "the web".
- Michael
Michael J. Hussmann
E-mail: michael_at_michael-hussmann.de
WWW: http://michael-hussmann.de
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